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EDICIÓN NO. 236 • AÑO 11 • MARZO 1, 2006
a un mejor futuro
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SE RETIRA EL JEFE
MARQUIS
El Jefe de Bomberos Joseph L. Marquis, después
de anunciar su retiro durante una conferencia de
prensa en la oficina del Alcalde Michael J. Sullivan.
RACHA DE FUEGOS EN LAWRENCE
Broadway Liquors, en el 434 de la Broadway, se incendió el jueves 23 de febrero.
TOO MANY FIRES IN LAWRENCE Broadway Liquors, 434 Broadway, in Lawrence, went on fire Thursday, February 23.
CHIEF MARQUIS RETIRES Fire Chief Joseph L.
Marquis, after announcing his retirement during a
press conference at Mayor Michael J. Sullivan’s
office.
Representantes
anuncian
asistencia para
primeros
compradores de
Casa en
Lawrence
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LOS DOMINICANOS IZARON SU BANDERA
En ocasión de celebrarse un aniversario más de la
independencia de su país, los dominicanos izaron su
bandera en Lawrence.
DOMINICANS RAISED THEIR FLAG On the
occasion of their country’s independence, local
Dominicans raised their flag.
El Honorable Dominico Cabral, Cónsul General de la Republica Dominicana en Boston recibió una proclama del alcalde de Lawrence
Michael J. Sullivan. Detrás el Representante Estatal William Lantigua (D-Lawrence).
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Editorial
Racha de fuegos en
A dejar de usar Lawrence
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calentadores
Recientemente, la Ciudad de Lawrence ha estado
plagada de incendios. Demasiados y muy cerca uno del
otro en distancia y fechas, lo cual hace la imaginación irse a
la deriva preguntándose: ¿Premeditado? ¿Accidental?
¿Ignorancia? ¿Descuido? Por suerte, según el
Departamento de Bomberos, no consideran pirotecnia la
causa de los cuatro más recientes fuegos que dejaron a 50
personas sin hogar y la pérdida de un comercio en el período
de dos semanas.
En su lugar, los calentadores (eléctricos o de
combustible) han sido hallados culpables. Eso deja que
puedan ser accidentes, ignorancia y descuido en el uso de
estos artefactos, como la causa de los fuegos. Accidentes
debido a la falta de cuidado y una buena porción de
ignorancia.
No ha sido el intenso frío sino el alto costo del petróleo
lo que ha motivado a estos inquilinos a usar los calentadores
sin seguir las instrucciones sobre su uso apropiado. En cuanto
a las instrucciones, las del Departamento de Incendios están
muy claras: ¡No use estos calentadores!
Let’s stop using
space heaters!
Recently, the City of Lawrence has been plagued with
fires. Too many and too close to each other in distance and
dates, that makes people’s imagination run wild wondering:
Arson? Accident? Ignorance? Carelessness? Fortunately,
according to the Fire Department, arson has being ruled out
as the cause in all of the four recent fires that have left 50
people homeless and a loss of a business within two weeks.
Instead, space heaters (whether electric or otherwise)
have been found guilty on all counts. That leaves accident,
ignorance, and carelessness in the use of these artifacts, as
the cause of the fires. Accidents due to lack of care and a
good amount of ignorance.
Not cold weather but the sky-high cost of fuel has
probably motivated these tenants to use the space heaters
without following the instructions about their use. As far as
instructions are concerned, the ones from the Fire
Department are clear: Don’t use space heaters!
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Por Alberto Surís
Cuando las memorias de frecuentes fuegos en
Lawrence comenzaban a disiparse, llegó febrero 2006
como recuerdo de cuan cruel puede ser una tragedia
de tal magnitud. Justo, en un período de dos semanas,
tres casas fueron dañados, dejando a 50 familias sin
hogar y un negocio tuvo que cerrar sus puertas,
aparentemente por el uso impropio de un calentador
eléctrico.
El miércoles, 14 de febrero, 16 personas tuvieron
que abandonar su hogar debido a un fuego en el 35
de la Calle Bennington. Tres días después, el 17 de
febrero, fueron 7 personas las evacuadas de su casa
en el 121 de la Melvin Street y más tarde, el martes
21, la casa situada en la esquina de las calles Margin
y Lowell ardió hasta los cimientos. El último de la
serie fue Broadway Liquors, en el 434 de Broadway,
el jueves, febrero 23.
Calentadores eléctricos o de
combustible
Cuando se usa indebidamente, un calentador
eléctrico o de combustible, puede ser el artículo más
peligroso en su casa o lugar de trabajo.
No use extensiones eléctricas con calentadores
eléctricos. El alto voltaje necesario para operarlo
puede derretir el cordón de la extensión y ocasionar
un fuego.
No deje desatendidos los calentadores eléctricos
FECHA
DIRECCIÓN
FEB 14
35 BENNINGTON ST.
FEB 17
121 MELVIN ST.
FEB 21
367-369 MARGIN ST.
FEB 23
434 BROADWAY
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y de combustible cuando usted no está en la
habitación.
Mantenga los calentadores por lo menos a tres
pies de cualquier objeto que pueda arder, incluyendo
la pared.
No importa el tipo de sistema de calefacción que
usted tenga, debe instalar y mantener en buenas
condiciones, por lo menos un detector de humo en
cada piso de su casa.
Lawrence plagued with
fires
By Alberto Surís
When memories of frequent fires in Lawrence
began to fade away, came February 2006 as a reminder
of how cruel a tragedy of this magnitude can be. Just
within two weeks, three homes were destroyed,
leaving 50 people homeless, and a business had to
shut down, apparently because of the improper use
of space heaters.
On Wednesday, February 14, 16 people had to
abandon their home because of a fire at 35
Bennington Street. Three days later, on February 17,
7 people were evacuated from their house at 121
Melvin Street and on Tuesday the 21st, the house at
the corner of Margin and Lowell Streets burned
almost to the ground. The last one of the series was
Broadway Liquors, at 434 Broadway, on Thursday,
February 23rd.
Space heaters
Used improperly, a space heater can be the most
dangerous appliance in your house or business.
February 21: 367- 369 Margin, corner of Lowell Street.
27 people left homeless.
Don’t use extension cords with electrical space
heaters. The high amount of current they require could
melt the cord and start a fire.
Don’t leave space heaters operating when you’re
not in the room.
Keep space heaters at least three feet away from
anything that might burn, including the wall.
Regardless of the type of heating system you
have, install and maintain at least one smoke detector
that is in good working condition on each floor of
your home.
Dalia Díaz, Directora
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Alberto M. Surís, Director de Ventas & Circulación
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Richard A. Aybar, Diagramación
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Frank Benjamín
Corina Hopkins
Paul V. Montesino, PhD
Maureen Nimmo
Jorge L. Núñez
Milton L. Ortiz
Beatriz Pérez
Arturo Ramo García
Mayté Rivera
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Se retira el Jefe Marquis
Por Alberto Surís
Después de 28 años de servicio con el
Departamento de Bomberos de Lawrence,
tres como Jefe del Departamento, Joseph L.
Marquis se retira.
El anuncio, hecho durante una
conferencia de prensa en el ayuntamiento,
con el Alcalde de Lawrence Michael J.
Sullivan sentado a su lado, Chief Marquis
anunció que el 28 de febrero sería su último
día en ese cargo. “Después de 28 años de
servicio con el Departamento de Bomberos,
he decidido jubilarme. Esto estaba
planeado”, dijo Marquis.
El Alcalde Sullivan utilizó la
oportunidad para alabar el trabajo de Chief
Marquis y que durante su mando los
incendios en la ciudad se redujeron. “Bajo
su mando, el departamento vio el número
más bajo de incendios premeditados y esto
fue porque su departamento ha sido
proactivo”, dijo el alcalde.
Sullivan también anotó que el Chief
Marquis modernizó casi todo el equipo del
departamento haciendo frente a las
necesidades de los cuarteles de bomberos
en cuanto a los dormitorios, baños y
cocinas, etc. “El Chief ha dado su vida a la
ciudad por 28 años y le deseamos todo lo
mejor en su retiro. Eso es algo que él escogió
hacer por su cuenta”, dijo el alcalde.
Chief Marquis explicó claramente que
su decisión de jubilarse no tiene nada que
ver con el incidente entre él y el alcalde hace
unos meses cuando Marquis envió una carta
a Sullivan amenazándolo con cargos
criminales si el alcalde no lograba resolver
la situación con la alarma de incendios de la
escuela secundaria. El Alcalde Sullivan,
entonces suspendió a Marquis por cinco
días. “La suspensión fue primero pospuesta
y después discutida entre el alcalde y yo y
ahora es algo del pasado”.
Chief Marquis dijo que él estaba
planeando su retiro por mucho tiempo.
Hace dieciséis meses él le dijo a los
diputados sobre sus planes de retirarse y la
necesidad de que todos ellos tomen y
pasen el examen de Servicio Civil para Jefes
de Bomberos, el cual es un requisito para
todo el que aspire a llegar a ser jefe de ese
departamento. “El primer diputado a quien
Chief
Marquis
retires
By Alberto Surís
El Alcalde de Lawrence, Michael J. Sullivan
deseó buena suerte al Jefe del Departamento
de Incendios, Joseph L. Marquis en su retiro.
“Yo puedo esperar 10
meses más hasta que
cumpla los 55 años de
edad y con mis 32 años
de servicio (28 en el
Departamento de
Incendio y 4 en el
servicio militar) para
poder recibir la pensión
máxima, pero la
diferencia no lo merita.
Yo quiero estar listo
para el verano”
Joseph L. Marquis
le pregunté fue Jack Bergeron, el que tiene
más antigüedad, pero él no mostró ningún
interés”, dijo Marquis y continuó
preguntando al resto según la lista de
antigüedad.
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Lawrence Mayor Michael J. Sullivan wishing
good luck to retiring Fire Chief Joseph L.
Marquis.
Según Marquis, los Diputados James
Moffett y John Marsh tampoco mostraron
interés. “Solamente el Senior Deputy Chief
Peter Takvorian y el Deputy Chief Robert
Higgins lo tomaron. Ambos lo pasaron pero
Takvorian obtuvo la major nota”, dijo
Marquis añadiendo, “Cuando yo me vaya,
Señor Deputy Chief Meter Takvorian será
el Jefe de Bomberos Suplente.”
Chief Marquis dice que es la
responsabilidad del alcalde nombrar al
nuevo jefe de bomberos, pero que él ha
recomendado a ambos, el alcalde y al
Director de Personal de la Ciudad de
Lawrence, que escojan al que resulte con la
mayor marca en el examen. “Yo no estoy
recomendando a nadie para la posición”,
dijo el Chief. “Es muy difícil escoger entre
dos hombres excelentes. Lo que quiero
decir es que para evitar favores políticos, el
manual dice que “escoja al que tenga la
mejor calificación’ y yo siempre voy por lo
que el libro diga.”
“Yo puedo esperar 10 meses más hasta
que cumpla los 55 años de edad y con mis
32 años de servicio (28 en el Departamento
de Incendio y 4 en el servicio militar) para
poder recibir la pensión máxima, pero la
diferencia no lo merita. Yo quiero estar listo
para el verano”, dijo Marquis quien cuatro
años atrás perdió a su esposa y quiere
dedicar su tiempo a su único hijo y nieto en
New Hampshire. “Yo he disfrutado cada
minuto que he pasado sirviendo a la ciudad.
Este es un tipo de trabajo que hay que saber
disfrutarlo o no debe hacerlo.”
Marquis no tiene planes de mudarse
de Haverhill donde vive, pero le gustaría
comprar una casa en un área cálida del país
donde ir a pasar los inviernos. “Voy a tomar
un descanso y montar mi motocicleta tan
pronto como caliente la temperatura. He
estado en California dos veces, Michigan y
Ohio y ahora voy a buscar esta carretera”,
dijo mirando una foto de una vía muy
pintoresca y bella que tiene en su oficina.
“Me la regaló un amigo bombero. Es una
carretera en Arizona y he soñado con un
viaje por ella desde que la vi.”
After 28 years of service with the
Lawrence Fire Department, three as Fire
Chief, Joseph L. Marquis is retiring.
The announcement, made during
a press conference at City Hall, with
Lawrence Mayor Michael J. Sullivan
sitting next to him, Chief Marquis
announced that February 28 would be
his last day at the helm. “After 28 years
of service with the Lawrence Fire
Department I decided to retire. This was
planned,” said Marquis.
Mayor Sullivan used the
opportunity to praise the work of Chief
Marquis and the fact that during his
tenure fires in the city had decreased.
“Under him, being the Chief, his
department has seen the lowest amount
of fires due to arson and it is because
of the department being proactive,”
said the mayor.
Sullivan also praised Chief
Marquis for being able to upgrade most
of the fire department equipment and
addressing the needs of the fire
stations as far as leaving quarters,
bathrooms and kitchens, etc. “The
Chief has given his life to the city for
28 years and we wish him nothing but
the best in his retirement. It was a
choice that he made,” said the mayor.
Chief Marquis made it clear that
his decision of retirement has nothing
to do with the incident he and the
Mayor had several months ago when
he, Marquis, had sent a letter to
Sullivan threatening him with criminal
charges if he, the mayor, did not resolve
the situation with the high school fire
alarm. Mayor Sullivan, in response,
suspended Marquis for 5 days. “The
suspension was, first postponed and
later discussed between the Mayor and
me and now it’s a matter of the past.”
Chief Marquis said that he has
been planning his retirement for some
time now. Sixteen months ago, he told
all his Deputy Chiefs about his plans
to retire and the need for all of them to
take and pass a Fire Chief Test, a Civil
Service requirement for those who
aspire to becoming a Fire Chief. “The
first Deputy I asked was Jack Bergeron,
the most senior of all, but he showed
no interest,” said Marquis, who
continued asking according to the list
of seniority.
According to Chief Marquis,
Deputies James Moffett and John
Marsh were also asked but showed no
interest. “Only Senior Deputy Chief
Peter Takvorian and Captain Robert
Higgins took the test. They both
passed but Takvorian scored the
highest marks,” said Marquis and
added, “When I leave, Senior Deputy
Chief Peter Takvorian will become
Acting Fire Chief.”
Chief Marquis said that is up to
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CHIEF MARQUIS:
CONT. ON PAGE 5
Representantes
anuncian asistencia
para primeros
compradores de Casa
en Lawrence
Los Representantes Estatales David
Torrisi (D-North Andover), Barry Finegold
(D-Andover), y William Lantigua (DLawrence) anunciaron que Lawrence
recibirá $30,000 para ayudar a compradores
por vez primera para que califiquen para la
hipoteca. Además, Community Teamwork,
Inc., una agencia de vivienda sin fines
lucrativos que ofrece una variedad de
oportunidades de viviendas y otros
servicios a familias de bajos ingresos en el
Valle de Merrimack recibirá $125,000 hacia
este esfuerzo.
“Para
mantenerse
un
estado
económicamente competitivo, necesitamos
continuar construyendo más viviendas en
Massachusetts y asegurar que estos
hogares son asequibles a las familias de
ingreso bajo o moderado”, dijo el
Representante Torrisi, presidente del Comité
ante la Cámara para el Desarrollo
Comunitario y Pequeños Negocios. “Esta
ayuda hará realidad el acceso a la propiedad
para cientos de residentes en Lawrence que
se enfrentan al alto costo de la vivienda.”
Estos fondos son parte de un programa
estatal que es administrado por el
Departamento de Vivienda y Desarrollo
Comunitario junto a Massachusetts
Housing Partnership Fund, una agencia
semi-privada. Estos préstamos combinan
fondos privados y públicos para rebajar el
costo de los préstamos del propietario
combinando la primera hipoteca de un banco
con un segundo préstamo subsidiado por
el estado. El dinero estatal será para el pago
de los intereses en la segunda hipoteca por
los primeros diez años.
“Viviendas asequibles continúan siendo
una necesidad imperiosa en Lawrence y a
través de todo el estado por muchas
razones”, dijo el Representante Lantigua.
“Estos programas no solamente ayudarán
a los primeros compradores, sino que
fortalecerán a nuestra comunidad y su
economía.”
“Yo estoy consciente de cuan difícil es
ser propietario de una casa en
Massachusetts.
Estos son fondos
necesarios que serán puestos en buen uso
“Yo estoy consciente de
cuan difícil es ser
propietario de una casa
en Massachusetts.
Estos son fondos
necesarios que serán
puestos en buen uso por
estos primeros
compradores”
Rep. Barry Finegold
“Estos programas no
solamente ayudarán a
los primeros
compradores, sino que
fortalecerán a nuestra
comunidad y su
economía.”
Rep. William Lantigua
por estos primeros compradores”, dijo el
Representante Finegold.
Contrario a los productos de cero pago
de entrada, estos préstamos llamados Soft
Second requieren un tres por ciento de
entrada y los compradores deben tomar el
curso de propietarios. Como resultado, los
pagos delincuentes y los niveles de
desahucio son significativamente más
bajos dentro del programa de Soft Second
que otros programas de préstamos. Soft
Second no reportó desahucios en el 2005 y
ha tenido solamente 27 en su historia. En el
2005, hicieron 776 préstamos y
sobrepasaron un total de 8,700 préstamos
en todo el estado. El subsidio individual
para cada familia elegible varía dependiendo
de la entrada de la persona, pero por lo
regular el promedio es de unos $5,800 por
préstamo.
SAL’S PIZZA ABRIÓ SUS
PUERTAS DE NUEVO EN
HAVERHILL
Sal Lupoli, President/
CEO Sal’s Pizza, with
headquarters at 500
Merrimack Street, in
Lawrence, his
grandmother Mary
Lupoli, Haverhill
Mayor James J.
Fiorentini, MVCC CEO/
President, Joseph
Bevilacqua, Phil
McCabe and Joseph
Bevilacqua Jr.
Por Alberto Surís
Después
de
extensivas
renovaciones, abrió sus puertas de nuevo
la pizzería de Sal’s en Haverhill, con una
pequeña diferencia. Usualmente, los
sitios se inauguran cortando una cinta,
en este caso, Sal Lupoli escogió algo
comestible para cortar: una pizza.
En cuanto abrieron, los clientes
comenzaron a llegar al popular restaurante
Three regulars at Sal’s restaurant in
Haverhill: Frenchi Vidal, Alexis Rosario
and Carlos Erazo, were the first
customers at the restaurant.
localizado en el 95 de la Calle Winter, en
Haverhill. Uno de ellos fue Frenchi Vidal,
propietario de A&F
Electrical
Services localizado al doblar de la
esquina. “Nosotros almorzamos aquí
todos los días”, dijo Vidal, que estaba
acompañado de dos de sus empleados,
Alexis Rosario y Carlos Erazo.
Sal’s reopen in Haverhill
After extensive renovations, Sal’s Pizza Restaurant reopened in Haverhill
with a twist. Usually, inaugurations are announced with the cutting of a
ribbon. Sal Lupoli opted for something more edible, a large classic pizza
straight from the famous North End
As soon as they open, customers began to arrive at the popular eatery
located at 95 Winter Street in Haverhill. One of them was Frenchi Vidal,
owner of A&F Electrical Services, located around the block. “We have lunch
here every day”, said Vidal, who came accompanied by two of his workers,
Alexis Rosario and Carlos Erazo.
Trabajando mano a mano con la Comunidad Latina
CHIEF MARQUIS:
CONT. FROM PAGE 3
the mayor to appoint the new fire chief, but
that he has strongly recommended to both,
the mayor and City of Lawrence Personnel
Director Frank Bonet, to choose the one who
has the highest marks in the test. “I’m not
recommending anyone for the job,” said the
Chief. “It’s very difficult to choose between
two excellent men. What I’m saying is that
to avoid political appointments, the book
says, ‘chose the one with the highest
qualifications,’ and I always go by the
book.”
“I could wait 10 more months, until I
become 55 and with my 32 years of service
(28 in the Lawrence Fire Department and 4
in the army) in order to get the maximum
pension, but the difference is not worth it. I
want to be ready for summer”, said Marquis,
who 4 years ago lost his wife and wants to
spend some quality time with his only son
and grandson in New Hampshire. “I’ve
enjoyed every minute I spent serving the
city. This is a job that you have to enjoy or
don’t do it.”
Marquis has no plans to move out of
Haverhill where he lives, but would like to
buy a winter home in a warmer section of
the country. “I’m going to take a break for a
while and ride my bike around as soon as it
gets warmer. I’ve been in California twice,
Michigan, and Ohio and now I will be
looking for this road,” said the Chief while
looking at a picture of a beautiful,
picturesque road hanging in his office. “It
was given to me by a fellow firefighter. It’s a
road in Arizona and I’ve been dreaming to
travel through it since I saw it.”
Servicio al Consumidor
Beneficiará a los Empleados
Municipales
El Alcalde de Haverhill James J.
Fiorentini anuncia que todos los empleados
municipales recibirán entrenamiento de
servicio al consumidor. Merrimack Valley
Federal Credit Union se ha ofrecido a
proveer el entrenamiento. Tracy Mermet,
oficial al cargo de entrenamiento de recursos
humanos y Raichelle L. Kallery,
...”Estoy muy agradecido a Merrimack Valley Federal
Credit Union por la buena voluntad de proveer este
entrenamiento a nuestros empleados”
CONSULADO MÓVIL
DE MÉXICO EN CENTRAL FALLS,
RHODE ISLAND
El Consulado General de México en Boston informa que, en colaboración
con la Asociación Libre Mexicana de Central Falls y Progreso Latino, se
realizará el próximo sábado, 18 de marzo un Consulado Móvil en las
instalaciones de Progreso Latino ubicado en el número 626 Broad Street en
Central Falls, Rhode Island de 9:00 a 11.00 AM.
Se podrán tramitar Pasaportes de 1 y 5 años, Matrículas Consulares y
Cartillas del Servicio Militar Nacional. También habrá especialistas en materia
migratoria y representantes de la Oficina de Nutrición y Alimentos que
proporcionaran asesorías y orientación gratuitas además de un
representante del Bank of America para proporcionar información.
Para mayores informes, comunicarse con el Consulado General de México en
Boston al teléfono (617) 426-4181 ext. 212 ó 214, Asociación Libre
Mexicana de Central Falls al (401) 722-6813 ó Progreso Latino al
(401) 728-5920.
Alcalde James J. Fiorentini
vicepresidente asistente de mercadeo
conducirán el programa.
El Alcalde Fiorentini dijo, “El servicio
al consumidor ha sido una de las prioridades
de mi administración. Desde que yo tomé
posesión de mi cargo en el 2004 implementé
un formulario para cada departamento
pidiendo la opinión del público. Aunque
esto fue una herramienta muy efectiva en
cuanto a servicio al consumidor, pensé que
un entrenamiento más profundo daría a
nuestros empleados los conocimientos para
dar un servicio excepcional. Estoy muy
agradecido a Merrimack Valley Federal
Credit Union por la buena voluntad de
proveer este entrenamiento a nuestros
empleados.”
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Historia de la Bandera
Dominicana
Para probar la tesis de que
al proclamarse la
independencia nacional,
ya existía una bandera
precisa y definida. Alfau
Durán recurre al
“testimonio (directo de
Sánchez) de que fue él, y
no otro, quien plantara en
el baluarte la bandera
nacional que había de
significar nuestra eterna
independencia”
Según Vetilio Alfau
Durán, en un trabajo titulado:
“Mujeres
de
la
Independencia”,
la
primera bandera bordada
—concebida
de
acuerdo al modelo de la
que se expone” en el
juramento del 16 de julio de
1938"— fue obra de las damas
Concepción Bona y Hernández, y María
de Jesús y Benítez, hermana, esta última del
trinitario Pina, y según dicho autor, ésta fue
la bandera que flotó en la noche del 27 de
febrero de 1844.
Pese a todo, hay otras opiniones en
torno al origen de la bandera. Según Thomas
Madiou, todavía “el 26 (de febrero de 1844)
los insurgentes no se habían aún
concertado respecto del pabellón que iba a
enarbolarse...” Se promovió una reunión,
pero en la misma, no lograron ponerse de
acuerdo.
En dicha reunión Joaquín Puello
sometió, y según Madiou la mayoría le
secundó, que “se dejase la bandera haitiana
como enseña por dos razones: para evitar
conflictos y segundo, para dejar que fuese
el pueblo, reunido en constituyente, quien
eligiese la bandera”. Uno de los
congregados (en la reunión) dijo:
“pongámosle una cruz blanca”, lo que al
punto fue aceptado unánimemente. (Tomás
Madiou. Citado por Vetilio Alfau D. en
“Apuntes en torno al 27 de febrero de 1844).
Hay quienes sostienen que el día del
“trabucazo del Conde”, no hubo bandera
para izar. Gabriel de Luna, un guarda
almacén, fue precipitadamente a su casa
y volvió con un pabellón haitiano, al
que no hubo tiempo de ponerle la cruz
blanca, como se convino”. Así ocurrió
que, al momento de proclamarse la
independencia, la misma bandera
cobijaba a dos bandos en pugna
(haitianos-dominicanos). Por esta razón las
tropas haitianas enviadas para reprimir a los
insurgentes, no lo hicieron porque vieron
su bandera ondeada por dichos ciudadanos.
Según Vetilio Alfau Durán, quien a su vez
cita a José Gabriel García, los trinitarios
planteaban, desde el primer momento, lo
“necesario (que) era dar a la enseña que
debía servir de símbolo de la nacionalidad
dominicana,
una
significación
diametralmente opuesta, ora escogiendo
para formarla colores diferentes a los de la
bandera haitiana, ora combinado éstos con
el color blanco. (José G. García “La idea
Separatista”. Citado por Vetilio Alfau. Ob.
cit.).Siguiendo el criterio más arriba citado,
el Lic. Máximo Coiscou Henríquez, quien
afirma que “ya para el 23 de diciembre del
año anterior (se tenía) concebido y descrito
el pabellón de la nueva República
Dominicana”.
Para probar la tesis de que al
proclamarse la independencia nacional, ya
existía una bandera precisa y definida. Alfau
Durán recurre al “testimonio (directo de
Sánchez) de que fue él, y no otro, quien
plantara en el baluarte la bandera nacional
que había de significar nuestra eterna
independencia”.
Para Alfau Durán, en su enjundioso
ensayo ya citado, quien dio pies a afirmar
que “la bandera trinitaria... nunca existió”,
fue Báez. A él “se debe la confusión que se
introdujo en las disposiciones de la bandera
y del escudo de armas de la República,
deducciones más extravagantes a algunos
historiadores ingenuos”. Todas las
maniobras de Báez y sus seguidores serían
sus raíces, según Alfau Durán, en su
carencia de fe en la “independencia pura y
simple”.
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algunos arbustos. Ella abrió la puerta de la cerca y le hizo señas con una mano
para que la siguiera, no sin antes haberse asegurado que nadie los había visto. Él
la siguió excitado.
“¿Es bueno?” preguntó el hombre con ansiedad.
“Lo suficientemente bueno… ¿Qué tú te crees?”
“¿Regular?”
“Sí; y muy caro.”
“¿Qué caro?”
“Mil dólares.”
“¿Cómo? ¿Mil dólares por un galón de gasolina regular? ¿Tu estás loca?”
“Sí, mil dólares; y ese reloj de pulsera Rolex que tienes en la muñeca. El
dinero tiene que ser dividido con mi distribuidor de gasolina; el reloj es para mi
novio.”
Por Paul V. Montesino, PhD.
[email protected]
Ahora bien, si
usted piensa que el
diálogo que aparece
arriba -no era lo que
usted creía, ¿no es
verdad?- es ficción,
piense de nuevo. Lo
único que usted tiene
que hacer es echar
una mirada a lo que está ocurriendo en el
mundo hoy día y se dará cuenta que la
posibilidad de que pasemos mucha penas y
dolores para comprar un galón de gasolina
para poder extraer algunas millas adicionales
de nuestro ineficiente auto familiar, no es
solo posible sino muy probable también. Los
eventos de los que hemos sido testigos
durante los últimos años son evidencia que
soporta nuestro punto de vista.
Váyase usted a cualquier parqueo de
una tienda de comestibles o un centro
comercial en estos días y usted se verá
rodeado por Vehículos de Utilidad Deportiva
(SUV) que no solamente le bloquean la vista
cuando usted trata de salir de su espacio de
estacionamiento, sino que desperdicia más
Vitaminas y Productos
Naturales
LLAME A
FIFI GARCÍA
Gerente en Massachusetts con más de 10 años
de experiencia en el mundo natural.
Llame para órdenes a domicilio y le obsequia el
cassette con la compra de más de $15.
“El Asesino Silencioso”
978-681-9129
gasolina de la que necesita para llegar de
aquí a allá y regresar. Pero, desde luego, no
siempre es un SUV el que lo hace. Otras
veces es un chofer de camión manejado por
alguien que posiblemente podía caminar.
El tamaño average de habitantes del
hogar americano en el 2004 era 2.6 personas
y el tamaño average de la familia 3.18
(Fuente: Oficina del Censo de los Estados
Unidos.) Por qué necesitamos un enorme
SUV para manejar a tan pocas personas de
un lado para otro confunde a la mente. Yo
recuerdo cuando podíamos apiñar quince
estudiantes en un Volkswagen enano en
nuestras andanzas de universidad. ¿Por qué
no podemos poner mucho menos en un
poco más de espacio nada más?
Desde luego, ahora tenemos que cargar
maletas de espalda y palos de jockey o
instrumentos musicales con nosotros, pero
tal vez podíamos dejar esos trastos en
almacenamiento en los lugares donde los
vamos a usar. Pero no importa, es la vida de
ustedes, no la mía. Este es un país libre.
Pero la evidencia va más allá de los
tamaños de los autos en los parqueos de
estacionamiento o la congestión de
carreteras. Miremos a las noticias diarias
que vienen de todas partes del mundo o de
nuestra propia nación y ustedes verán al
petróleo infiltrando toda parte de nuestras
vidas de una manera u otra. Está sucediendo
lenta pero seguramente. Los gobiernos que
controlan las canillas de aceite están detrás
de acusaciones y demostraciones diarias
sobre nuestro estilo de vida o nuestro
sistema político y económico. Sea Irán con
sus amenazas de expansión nuclear;
Venezuela vendiendo aceite barato
directamente a los pobres de nuestras
ciudades sobrepasando a nuestras
instituciones elegidas; o gobiernos del
Medio Oriente que manipulan a las masas
para que se alcen y reaccionen contra un
pequeño periódico que nadie conocía antes
de publicar un insensitivo cartón, el aceite
es el nuevo intermediario del poder.
Usted sabe que estamos confrontando
un problema de verdad cuando el Presidente
de los Estados Unidos va al Congreso a
presentar su discurso anual del Estado de
la Unión y su mensaje más citado fue una
declaración de dependencia nacional:
“Estamos enviciados con el petróleo,” dijo.
¡Que aburrido! Y se pone peor. Nadie
recuerda la respuesta tradicional de los
Demócratas que le siguió después. Pero
¿QUIERE
MEJORAR SUS
DESTREZAS
EN INGLÉS?
Lawrence Family Development
Charter School en West Street está
ofreciendo tutoría en inglés. Los
solicitantes han de tomar un
examen en ingles para saber a qué
nivel estan. El costo es $50 por un
término de 13 semanas que es el
programa menos costoso en toda el
área. Las clases son por la noche de
6 a 8 pm, de lunes a jueves. Los
estudiantes toman clases de Inglés
como Segundo Idioma en dos de
esas noches. Pregunte por Sandy
en el (978) 689-9863.
“El déficit de comercio
internacional de los
Estados Unidos en el
2004 y el 2005 ha sido
unos de los más
elevados de nuestra
historia. La fuerza tras
ese déficit, sí, usted se
lo imagina, es el
petróleo, que en este
momento está por
encima de $60 el barril.
todos sabemos que la más reportada al día
siguiente fue la de un Vice presidente de
Exxon-Mobil, la compañía petrolera, que
respondió proféticamente: “Jamás
estaremos totalmente libres de nuestra
dependencia del petróleo.” ¡Holaaa!
Mientras hablamos de este asunto, yo
pienso que el número de discursos sobre el
Estado de la Unión debía de reducirse
constitucionalmente. Yo requeriría
solamente dos, uno cuando el nuevo
presidente toma posesión; el otro cuando
termina. El primero es el discurso de “esto
es lo que me encontré;” el último es el
discurso de “esto es lo que hice con lo que
me encontré.” Estoy dispuesto a apostar
que si tomáramos el primer discurso sobre
el Estado de la Unión del Presidente Bush,
o el de cualquier otro Presidente, y compara
lo que prometió con lo que en realidad
cumplió, usted sufriría un ataque de angina.
Es decir, el Estado de la Unión debía
consistir solamente de dos discursos: el
viejo y el nuevo. No muy aburrido le apuesto.
Desde luego, el Presidente no quiere que
tengamos un ataque de angina a nivel
nacional porque eso afectaría el sistema de
respuesta de nuestra salud social.
“El déficit de comercio internacional de
los Estados Unidos en el 2004 y el 2005 ha
sido unos de los más elevados de nuestra
historia. La fuerza tras ese déficit, sí, usted
se lo imagina, es el petróleo, que en este
momento está por encima de $60 el barril. Y
si usted piensa que el reciente intento
terrorista en Arabia Saudita fracasó porque
sus participantes fueron eliminados piense
de nuevo. El precio del petróleo subió por
más de dos dólares por barril después del
susto. Eso es más de $41 millones de dólares
diario para nuestros proveedores árabes.
¿Cambiaremos nuestra dirección para
corregir esa situación? Es muy dudoso. Si
mi vecino es el que tiene que reducir su
vehículo de cuatro ruedas mientras yo
escojo aumentar el tamaño del mío,
seguiremos manejándolo de noche, sin
luces, en dirección de un precipicio que
nadie sabe está frente a nosotros listo para
tragarnos.”
Así que la próxima vez que usted
parquee y tenga problemas tratando de salir
de su espacio de estacionamiento porque
está rodeado por un SUV o un camión,
tenga mucho cuidado. Fíjese en el modelo
del vehículo. No es el que los
manufactureros de autos le dicen a usted
que es. Su nombre verdadero es “Osama.”
Y sí; agarre su Rolex. Lo va a necesitar.
El Dr. Montesino, totalmente
responsable por este artículo, es el
Editor de LatinoWorldOnline.com y
conferenciante del Computer
Information Systems Department en
Bentley College, Waltham, MA.
Alcalde Fiorentini
honra Eagle
Scout
El Alcalde de Haverhill James
Fiorentini extendió un reconocimiento al
Eagle Scout Ian Craig for desempeñar 80
horas de servicio comunitario limpiando
el Cementerio de Hilldale Avenue. Eagle
Scouts tienen la obligación de llevar a
cabo un proyecto de servicio para poder
finalizar en esa posición que es la más
alta adquirida por un miembro de los Boy
Scouts of America. Craig también ha
prometido regresar y hacer otra limpieza
en el cementerio esta primavera.
“La Ciudad de Haverhill
sinceramente aprecia el arduo trabajo que
Ian Craig ha hecho. Lo felicitamos por su
dedicación y admiramos este tipo de
compromiso de parte de alguien tan joven.
Eagle Scout Ian Craig and Mayor James
Fiorentini of Haverhill
Es un placer ver que estamos criando la
próxima generación en esta ciudad,” dijo el
Alcalde James Fiorentini.
MAYOR JAMES FIORENTINI AWARDS
CITATION TO EAGLE SCOUT
Haverhill Mayor James Fiorentini awarded a citation to Eagle Scout Ian Craig
for 80 hours of community service spent cleaning up the Hilldale Avenue
Cemetery. Eagle Scouts were required to lead a service project in order to
finalize his position as an Eagle Scout, the highest rank attained by a member of
the Boy Scouts of America. Craig has also promised to return and do another
cleanup in the cemetery in the spring.
“The City of Haverhill truly appreciates the hard work that Ian Craig has
done. We congratulate his dedication and admire this type of commitment
from someone so young. It’s great to see that we are raising the next
generation of leaders in our city,” said Mayor James Fiorentini.
El examen para ingresar
a la universidad será
administrado a nivel
nacional el 8 de abril.
El día de registro es el 3
de marzo
Los estudiantes que pretenden
inscribirse al colegio después de sus
estudios de preparatoria podrán tomar el
examen de ingreso a la universidad ACT el
8 de abril del 2006. Las solicitudes deben
llevar sello postal con fecha antes del 3 de
marzo para prevenir costos adicionales. El
último día para mandar las solicitudes por
correo es el 17 de marzo, con un costo
adicional de $18.00 No se aceptarán las
solicitudes enviadas después del 17 de
marzo.
La cuota básica para la evaluación ACT
es de $29.00; para los estudiantes que
desean tomar la sección de escritura el
precio del examen es de $43.00.
Los estudiantes pueden registrarse por
medio de Internet al www.actstudent.org o
con un consejero de escuela. Entre las
recomendaciones que ofrece el sitio está
una buena preparación para la evaluación
ACT.
El examen ACT es aceptado en la
actualidad por prácticamente todas las
universidades en los Estados Unidos,
incluso todas las escuelas de la Ivy League.
El ACT ha sido diseñado para evaluar
el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes
de la escuela secundaria y las habilidades
para realizar trabajos de nivel universitario.
“En abril, muchos de los estudiantes
en el onceavo grado toman el ACT,” dijo el
vocero de ACT Jess Durán. “Cuando
reciban sus resultados, deben sentarse con
sus consejeros de escuela para ver cómo
pueden mejorar sus puntuaciones y
habilidades académicas. Muchos de los
estudiantes toman el examen más de una
vez, porque ellos pueden decidir qué
puntuaciones serán enviadas a las
universidades y programas de beca”.
El examen ACT abarca cuatro áreas de
conocimiento: inglés, matemáticas, lectura
y razonamiento científico. El examen ACT
se completa en aproximadamente tres horas
(30 minutos adicionales para el examen de
escritura).
La mayoría de las universidades no
requieren el examen de escritura, por eso es
importante que los estudiantes contacten
sus universidades respectivas antes de
registrase para el ACT.
¡Ahora 1 subasta semanal!
SUBASTA PUBLICA
DE AUTOS
¡Venga a la Subasta
Semanal!
El envenenamiento de plomo es
más común de lo pensado
Usted puede prevenir el envenenamiento de plomo. El programa LEAD (plomo) le
proveerá con los recursos que usted necesitara para detectar el plomo en su propiedad. Si
su propiedad fue construida antes del 1978 usted y su familia puede estar en riesgo de
envenenamiento de plomo.
¿Quién es elegible para este programa?
Dueños ocupantes de propiedades de una vivienda o multi-familiar pueden calificar para
dadiva(s) desde hasta $10,000.00 por unidad.
Número de personas en la familia:
1
2
3
4
5
6
Ingreso Máximo:
$40,600
$46,400
$52,200
$58,000
$62,650
$67,300
Propietarios de inversión pueden calificar para dadiva(s) desde $10,000 por unidad , si el
ingreso de sus inquilinos, no sobrepasa el requerimiento de ingresos del programa Para
mas información acerca del Programa de Prevención de Envenenamiento de Plomo
comuníquese con Elizabeth Rodríguez, al numero de teléfono (978) 681-4940, o visite
nuestra oficina ubicada en la siguiente dirección: GLCAC Inc., MV Lead Poisoning
Prevention Program, 305 Essex Street Lawrence, Mass. 01840.
Sábados a las 11 am
(Inspecciones 2 horas antes de la subasta)
El único lugar en toda el área con Subastas
de Autos Abiertas al Público.
¡Compre donde los vendedores compran!
Cientos de Vehículos: ¡No hay oferta mínima!
Precios muy Reducidos: La Mayoría de los
Autos se Venden por $500 ó menos.
CAPITAL AUTO AUCTION
“La Subasta de Autos Oficial del Salvation Army”
190 Londonderry Turnpike (28 Bypass)
Manchester, NH 03104
Salida 1 de la Rt. 101 Este
(603) 622-9058
La Gran
Final de
Proyecto
Fama
2006
Después de cinco semanas de
difíciles audiciones y de haber
competido con más de 200 otros
participantes, los quince semifinalistas
estaban listos para competir por el título
del primer ganador del concurso
Proyecto Fama de Telemundo Boston!
La audiencia en Galaxia Nightclub
fueron testigos el sábado de una noche
llena de emoción y diversión. Bolívar
Soto, conductor de los programas Con
Jatnna y Santo Domingo Invita fue el
conductor del evento. Los quince
semifinalistas quienes presentaron una
variedad de canciones mostraron su
innegable talento, incluyendo a Justina
Ocasio, Elizabeth Ruiz, Tomas Escalera
y Pablo Argenis.
Ana María Polo del exitoso
programa Caso Cerrado, quien estuvo
como presidenta del jurado, antes de
anunciar el ganador expresó lo
siguiente, “fue una competencia muy
reñida”. Polo mencionó que los
miembros del jurado tuvieron
dificultades en cuanto a la elección del
ganador por la participación de tantos
géneros musicales en esa noche. Pero,
antes de concluir la noche, Telemundo
Boston nombró en tercer lugar Vilenky
Agramante, en segundo lugar Héctor
Ferreira y en primer lugar a Shalón
Rodríguez, quien presentó su tema
original titulado “Dímelo Nena”, como
el ganador de Proyecto Fama 2006.
Shalón Rodríguez quien no podía
creer que había ganado la competencia
de Telemundo Boston con tan sólo un
mes de haber llegado a Boston desde
Puerto Rico, estuvo lleno de emoción.
“Siento que estoy en un sueño. Se me
dio ese deseo que tanto tenía en el
corazón.”
Rodríguez tiene por delante unas
emocionantes semanas que lo esperan
mientras goza cada uno de los premios
que Telemundo Boston y sus
auspiciadores le han dado incluyendo
$1,000 en efectivo, la oportunidad de
presentarse en el show Cada Día con
Maria Antonietta este viernes 24 de
febrero, y una gira de promoción en la
República Dominicana donde se
quedará en un hotel lujoso, asistirá una
rueda de prensa, tomará fotos
profesionales
en
un
estudio
renombrado y grabará su primer demo
musical.
Durante la conclusión Proyecto
Fama 2006, Patricia Domeniconi,
Gerente de Telemundo Boston recuerda
el trayecto de este evento diciendo que,
“Proyecto Fama ha sido un tremendo
éxito y con el apoyo de nuestros
patrocinadores, logramos reunir
nuestra comunidad hispana en Boston
y presentarle al resto del país uno de
nuestros mejores talentos. Estamos
muy orgullosos de los pasos que
hemos tomado en este año con
Proyecto Fama y estamos seguros que
este evento seguirá siendo un éxito en
el futuro.”
Recuerden que Telemundo Boston
le estará trayendo más talento en el
próximo año de Proyecto Fama 2007.
¡No se lo pierda!
Consejos del Servicio de
Rentas Internas
Las propinas están
sujetas a
impuestos
¿Trabaja en un salón de belleza,
peluquería, casino, campo de golf, hotel o
restaurante, o conduce un taxi? Los
ingresos que recibe en propina como
empleado por esos servicios son un ingreso
tributable.
Aquí algunos consejos:
LAS PROPINAS SON TRIBUTABLES
Las propinas están sujetas a impuestos
federales por ingresos, seguro social y
Medicare, y podrían tener además
impuestos estatales. El valor de propinas
que no son en efectivo, como entradas,
pases u otro artículo de valor, también es
considerado un ingreso y por lo tanto esta
sujeto a impuestos por ingresos federales.
INCLUYA PROPINAS EN SU
DECLARACIÓN DE IMPUESTOS
Usted debe incluir en sus ingresos brutos
todas la propinas en efectivo que recibió
directamente de clientes, las propinas
añadidas a tarjetas de crédito, y su porción
en las propinas recibidas a través de
cualquier arreglo de división de propinas
que tenga con compañeros de trabajo.
REPORTE SUS PROPINAS A SU
EMPLEADOR
Si recibe $20 o más en propinas en un mes,
usted debe reportar todas sus propinas a
su empleador. Su empleador tiene como
requisito retenerle impuestos federales por
ingresos, seguro social y Medicare.
MANTENGA ABIERTO UN REGISTRO
DIARIO DE SUS INGRESOS POR
PROPINAS
Puede usar la Publicación 1244SP del IRS,
Registro Diario de Propinas Recibidas por
el(la) Empleado(a) e Informe al Patrono, para
contabilizar sus ingresos por propina. Para
una copia gratuita y en español de la
Publicación 1244SP, llame gratis al IRS al 1800-829-3676.
Para más información, vea la
Publicación 531 del IRS, Reporting Tip
Income, o la Publicación 3148, Tips on Tips.
Estan disponibles llamando al 1-800-8293676 o visitando el sitio de Internet del IRS
en IRS.gov.
El IRS le explica
qué hacer si le
falta la W-2
Para el 31 de enero, cada empleador
debe haberle otorgado una Forma W-2 para
declarar sus impuestos federales del 2005
(concediendo algunos días para recibirla si
fue enviada por correo). Si no la ha recibido,
contacte a su empleador y averigüe cuándo
fue enviada, pues podría haber tenido la
dirección equivocada. Después de hablar
con su empleador, conceda un tiempo
razonable para que sea re-enviada. Si perdió
su W-2, su empleador puede emitirle una
nueva, pero está autorizado a cobrarle.
Si para hoy continúa sin recibir su W2, llame al IRS al 1-800-829-1040 con:
· Nombre, dirección y teléfono del
empleador, y su número de identificación
(de saberlo)
· Su nombre, dirección, Número de Seguro
Social y teléfono y
· Aproximado de pagos, de impuesto federal
retenido, y fechas de empleo.
Aunque no reciba la W-2, está obligado
a declarar a tiempo. Puede substituirla por
la Forma 4852, pero retrasará cualquier
reembolso mientras sea verificada.
Si recibe una W-2 corregida después
de haber presentado su declaración y la
información no coincide sus ingresos o los
impuestos retenidos, debe de presentar una
declaración enmendada con la Forma 1040X.
Las formas y declaraciones están
disponibles en IRS.gov o llamando a 1-800TAX-FORM (1-800-829-3676). Para
información general llame al 1-800-829-1040.
¿Es usted elegible
para el Crédito
Tributario por
Ingreso del
Trabajo (EITC)?
Si en el año 2005 sus ingresos fueron de…
$11, 750 ($13,750 si es casado/a y declara
conjuntamente) sin niños que califican:
Crédito Máximo - $399
$31,030 ($33,030 si es casado/a y declara
conjuntamente) con un niño/a que califica:
Crédito Máximo - $2,662
$35,263 ($37,263 si es casado/a y declara
conjuntamente) con más de un niño/a que
califica: Crédito Máximo - $4,400
Para más información visite al www.irs.gov/
eitc
Llene su planilla electrónicamente; es
seguro, rápido y exacto.
SITIOS DE PREPARACIÓN DE
IMPUESTOS GRATIS EN LAWRENCE:
American Training
102 Glenn St., Lawrence, MA
Site Coordinator: Noelia Batista
Tel. (978) 685-2151
HOPE
10 Pemberton Way, Lawrence, MA
Site Coordinator: Vivian Pazmino
Tel. (978) 975-2636 Ext. 101
Mercier Center
21 Salem Street, Lowell, MA
Site Coordinator: Roberta Evans-Haas
Tel. (978) 322-5403
Community Teamwork, Inc.
169 Merrimack St. 3rd floor, Lowell, MA
Site Coordinator: Rob Buckell
Tel. (978) 970-4120
Lowell Senior Center/Library Site
276 Broadway St. Lowell, MA
Site Coordinator: Lynn Brown Zounes
Tel. (978) 970-4131
ValleyWorks Career Center
Ofrece Programas de
Entrenamientos Mientras
Trabaja
El nuevo programa
proporciona un incentivo
financiero para los patrones
ValleyWorks Career Center (VWCC), un
centro dedicado a asistir a buscadores de
trabajo y negocios en el Valle de Merrimack
con todos los aspectos de entrar, volviendo
a entrar o empleando a la mano de obra, ha
lanzado un programa experimental para
beneficiar a ambos patrones y empleados
cualificados. El programa del entrenamiento
de Trabajo de ValleyWorks es uno de los
primeros en el estado dentro de este sistema
de centros de carreras.
El programa se financia con el Acta
Federal de Inversión de la Fuerza Laboral y
pagará hasta el 50% del sueldo del nuevo
empleado capacitado mientras que está
siendo entrenado. Ana Shaw, que ha
servido previamente como coordinadora del
taller de ValleyWorks, es la coordinadora
del programa y trabaja de cerca con la
Unidad de Servicios Comerciales del centro
para desarrollar relaciones con los negocios
interesados en estos estudiantes.
¿QUÉ ES EL PROGRAMA DE
ENTRENAMIENTO MIENTRAS
TRABAJA?
Es el entrenamiento conducido por un
patrón para un nuevo empleado mientras
que él o ella está trabajando y aprendiendo
las habilidades necesarias para el
funcionamiento en el trabajo productivo y
satisfactorio. El programa de entrenamiento
es aplicable a negocios del sector privado y
utilizado con los candidatos (empleados
potenciales) que acceden a ser entrenados
bajo el programa.
VENTAJAS DEL PROGRAMA
Para los patrones, el programa ayuda a
las empresas a ahorrar dinero con el
El programa se financia
con el Acta Federal de
Inversión de la Fuerza
Laboral y pagará hasta
el 50% del sueldo del
nuevo empleado
capacitado mientras
que está siendo
entrenado.
entrenamiento de un nuevo empleado
permanente productivo. Si una compañía
califica, el financiamiento es fácilmente
accesible y se simplifica el proceso de uso
por el coordinador del programa que viene
al centro de trabajo para asistir a determinar
la elegibilidad y simplificar el proceso para
los patrones.
“Este programa único también trata las
necesidades de mano de obra de los
patrones que de otra manera no podrán
satisfacer su necesidad de trabajadores
expertos y experimentados”, dijo Ana Shaw.
Para los que buscan trabajo que reúnen
los requisitos de elegibilidad, este programa
proporciona una oportunidad de ganar
valiosa experiencia en el trabajo y una
trayectoria del crecimiento de la carrera
después que el entrenamiento termine. Es
también una buena opción para quienes
buscan trabajo y tienen un buen historial
de trabajo pero carecen de habilidades
específicas necesarias para asegurar el
empleo.
“Si usted es patrón, usted entiende
demasiado bien el costo de emplear y de
conservar a buenos empleados,” dijo la Sra.
Shaw. “En muchos casos, los candidatos
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con la combinación correcta de entusiasmo
e inteligencia carecen de las destrezas
específicas que necesitan para el trabajo.
Aquí es donde el programa de
Entrenamiento Mientras Trabaja de
ValleyWorks ayuda a las empresas a ahorrar
dinero mientras que convierte a un buen
trabajador en un empleado debidamente
capacitado.
CÓMO COMENZAR
Participar en el programa de
entrenamiento es fácil. Primero, Ms. Shaw
entrevista al patrón para discutir sus
necesidades de entrenamiento específicas,
reúne la información del trabajo, los
requisitos del nivel de entrada y los
resultados previstos. Ella entonces diseña
un plan de estudios que describe las
habilidades específicas, un horario para el
entrenamiento y las metas para la posición.
Se elabora un contrato estándar y es
firmado. Los clientes trabajan con el personal
de ValleyWorks para asegurarse de que
están “dispuestos para trabajar” y “listos
para el entrenamiento” como parte del
proceso de la solicitud y del proceso de
recomendación. Típicamente estos
individuos tienen una historia fuerte del
trabajo, pero pueden necesitar
entrenamiento específico para asegurar el
nuevo empleo.
PLANES FUTUROS
“Esperamos poder aumentar nuestros
éxitos actuales y ampliar el programa para
incluir a patrones a través de más variedad
de industrias,” dijo la Sra. Shaw. La
Merrimack Valley Workforce Investment
Board ha invertido fondos para que los
patrones utilicen este programa.
Para más información sobre este
programa de entrenamiento, sírvase llamar
a Ana Shaw al (978) 722-7051 o
[email protected].
¿Está
interesado
en comprar
una casa
económica?
Bread & Roses Housing está
aceptando aplicaciones para comprar
dos casas de 3 dormitorios que están
en construcción en el 12 - 14
Hampton St., Lawrence. Cada unidad
(la mitad del duplex) tiene un costo de
$75,000 y serán vendidas a
propietarios de bajos ingresos y ser
primeros compradores. Las casas
deben permanecer ocupadas por sus
dueños y mantenerse a bajos precios
en ventas futuras. Para recibir más
información y una aplicación, tiene
que asistir a una reunión - el jueves,
el 9 de marzo a las 6 PM o el domingo,
el 26 de marzo a las 1:30 PM en la
biblioteca pública de Lawrence.
The Grand
Finale of
Proyecto
Fama
2006
After five weeks of arduous
auditions and competing with over
200 other contestants, the fifteen
semifinalists were ready to battle for
the title of Telemundo Boston’s first
Proyecto Fama Winner!
The audience in Galaxia
Nightclub on Saturday experienced
a night of fun and excitement.
Bolivar Soto, host of Con Jatnna and
Santo Domingo Invita hosted the
event. The fifteen semifinalists,
including Justina Ocasio, Elizabeth
Ruiz, Tomas Escalera and Pablo
Argenis, perform a variety of songs
that highlighted their undeniable
talent.
Ana Maria Polo from the hit
show Caso Cerrado, who appeared
as a special guest judge, before
announcing the winner stated that “it
was a very close competition”. Polo
also mentioned that the panel of
judges had a very difficult time
deciding on one winner when many
genres of music were presented that
night. But, at the end of the night,
Telemundo Boston named Vilenky
Agramonte in third place, Hector
Ferreira in second place and Shalón
Rodriguez who performed his own
original song titled “Dímelo Nena” as
Proyecto Fama’s 2006 Winner!
Shalón Rodriguez, who could
not believe that he had won
Telemundo
Boston’s
talent
competition a mere month after
arriving in Boston from Puerto Rico,
was overwhelmed with excitement.
“I feel like I am in a dream. The
dream I’ve had in my heart for so
long has been fulfilled.”
Rodriguez has an exciting road
ahead of him as he enjoys each of
the prizes Telemundo Boston and
their sponsors have given him
including $1,000 in cash, an
appearance on the Telemundo’s
morning show, Cada Dia con Maria
Antonietta, this Friday, February 24,
and a promotional tour in the
Dominican Republic where he will
hold a press conference, stay at a
luxurious hotel, take professional
pictures at a renown studio and
record his first musical demo.
As Proyecto Fama 2006 came
to an end, Patricia Domeniconi,
General Manager of Telemundo
Boston reminisced on this event
stating that, “Proyecto Fama was a
tremendous success this year and
with the support of our sponsors, we
were able to bring our Boston
Hispanic community together and
introduce one of our best local talents
to the rest of the country. We are
very proud of the strides we’ve made
this year with Proyecto Fama and we
are certain that this event will
continue to be a success in the
future.”
Remember that Telemundo
Boston will bring even more talent
next year in Proyecto Fama 2007!
Don’t miss it!
Los Dominicanos Izaron Su Bandera
En un esfuerzo combinado, Ernesto
Bautista, Presidente de Efemérides
Patrias; el Representante William
Lantigua, D-Lawrence; el Honorable
Cónsul de la República Dominicana en
Boston Dominico Cabral y el Alcalde de
Lawrence, Michael J. Sullivan, izan la
bandera en el Parque Campagnone,
frente al ayuntamiento.
Myles Burke, Jefe de Despacho del Alcalde de Lawrence; Beatriz Pérez y
Dominico Cabral, Honorable Cónsul de la República Dominicana. Cabral
agradeció a las autoridades de de Lawrence por el gesto de añadir el nombre
de Juan Pablo Duarte a un pedazo de la Broadway.
Ernesto Bautista, Presidente de
Efemérides Patrias, haciendo uso de
la palabra. Al fondo, el
Representante William Lantigua, DLawrence.
Beatriz Pérez, Maestra de Ceremonias; Honorable Dominico Cabral,
Cónsul General de la República Dominicana en Boston; Ernesto
Bautista, Presidente de Efemérides Patrias del Valle de Merrimack;
Angel corado, Presidente de El Salvador Presente, durante el
izamiento de la bandera dominicana.
Miembros de la Coral Femenina de la Escuela
Superior de Lawrence, que a pesar del
intenso frío, entonaron las notas de los
Himnos Nacionales de Estados Unidos y de
República Dominicana, como sólo ellas saben
hacerlo.
Tres damas dominicanas, residentes de
Lawrence, baten alegremente sus
banderas durante el izamiento de la
bandera dominicana en el Parque
Campagnone con motivo de la celebración
del 162 aniversario de la independencia
dominicana. Ellas son, Jeanilda DeLa Cruz,
Mary Polanco, Susana Gavin, y Ernestina
Helena.
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En un período de dos semanas, tres casas fueron dañados,
dejando a 50 familias sin hogar y un negocio tuvo que cerrar
sus puertas, aparentemente por el uso impropio de un
calentador eléctrico.
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Professional staff resign from
Workforce Investment Board
Three senior staff members of the
Board (MVWIB) announced that they are
resigning from the agency, citing “improper”
and “illegal” and “heavy-handed” actions
by Lawrence Mayor Michael J. Sullivan and
the state’s Division of Career Services.
Labor economist O. Steven Quimby,
attorney and compliance expert Erna Koch,
and public policy/business relations
manager Andrew Herlihy submitted their
resignations to Shaw M. Rosen, Executive
Director of the MVWIB.
The three individuals, the senior
members of a MVWIB staff of seven fulltime
workers, announced their intentions to
resign on Friday, February 17, 2006 at a
meeting of Sullivan’s newly-appointed
Workforce Investment Board, held in
apparent violation of the state’s Open
Meeting Law.
Over the past few years, the MVWIB
staff have achieved national recognition for
their cutting-edge work to transform a
bureaucratic job training system to one more
focused on the needs of business and
industry as customers. The agency has
brought over $7 million in new grants and
resources for innovative projects into the
region over the past several years.
The MVWIB staff listed a number of
reasons for their resignations:
1. Mayor Michael J. Sullivan illegally fired
“Our integrity means
more to us than our jobs.
Given the breaches of
ethics that the Mayor, the
state, and their associates
have perpetrated, we
cannot lend legitimacy to
these illegitimate actions
by now working for a
Board that exists in name
only.”
O. Steven Quimby
Lead author of the 2003
Merrimack Valley Labor Force
Blueprint
an effective, functioning Board of Directors
to prevent them from holding his own
Department of Training and Development
accountable for millions of dollars in state
and federal workforce investment dollars.
2. Mayor Sullivan illegally selected a new
board whose members include three
individuals who report directly to him, two
other workers from his brother’s bank,
several of the city’s largest vendors, and a
number of other associates with ties to the
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City that prevent them from being
independent and objective in overseeing
the City’s performance.
3. The first act of the Mayor’s new
handpicked Board was to turn over virtually
all the authority granted to a Workforce
Investment Board by federal law to the
Mayor and his associates.
4. The Mayor suspended the staff of the
MVWIB without cause and with a
gratuitous and heavy-handed show of force,
sending three uniformed Lawrence police
officers to escort staff from the MVWIB
offices.
5. The Mayor has continued to keep the
MVWIB’s Executive Director, Shaw Rosen,
on administrative leave, even though there
has been no finding of wrongdoing, as part
of a campaign to smear her integrity, and by
extension the integrity of the Board and its
staff.
6. The administration of Governor Mitt
Romney, through the Massachusetts
Department of Workforce Development and
Division of Career Services, has acted in
collusion with the Mayor, his lawyer and
the Lawrence Department of Training and
Development to allow blatant misuse of
public dollars and mismanagement to
continue unchecked.
Quimby, who has worked for the
MVWIB for three years as Director of Policy
and Planning Research and was the lead
author of the 2003 Merrimack Valley Labor
Force Blueprint, stated: “Our integrity
means more to us than our jobs. Given the
breaches of ethics that the Mayor, the state,
and their associates have perpetrated, we
cannot lend legitimacy to these illegitimate
actions by now working for a Board that
exists in name only.”
Koch, who performed a critical review
of the ValleyWorks Career Center, stated:
“The Career Center has continually flouted
the Board’s authority, resisting appropriate
oversight with the full support of the City,
and frequently the active assistance of state
agency staff.”
Herlihy, who has served as the
MVWIB’s Industry Manager for the past
four years, stated: “We have tendered our
resignations because we believe that
regional workforce development funds will
continue to be a vehicle for waste and abuse
into the foreseeable future. We cannot in
good conscience participate in that system.”
Lawrence
Celebrates
Irish
Heritage
Month
Mayor Michael J. Sullivan of
Lawrence, Massachusetts has been
named honorary Chairman of Irish
Heritage month. “I urge all the citizens
to take advantage of the various
lectures, art exhibits, author lectures
and the exhibit on 1916. “These events
are all free to the public,” said Mayor
Sullivan.
Mayor Sullivan said that Irish
Heritage Month in the City of Lawrence
is “the largest cultural event north of
Boston and in the Merrimack Valley”.
The fifth annual St. Patrick’s Day
Breakfast at the Claddagh Pub, which
will kick off Irish Heritage Month, is
sure to be filled with good conversation
and friendship. This breakfast is now
a St. Patrick’s Day tradition in Lawrence
and is held the first Saturday in March.
An exhibit will be held at Heritage
State Park 1 Jackson Street, imported
from Ireland, on the 90th anniversary of
the Easter Uprising. “We’re honored
that Lawrence was the first city in the
United States to host this exhibit and
urge all our residents to view this fine
exhibit,” said Mayor Sullivan.
Other events during Irish Heritage
Month include the Irish Author’s
Weekend, the Irish Art Exhibit and a
free concert on Tuesday, March 14th by
Irish Air Corps Pipe Band from Dublin
Ireland at the Claddagh Pub.
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placement test in English to see
where they fit. The cost is $50 for
a term of 13 weeks. That’s the
cheapest program in the area.
Classes are at night from 6-8 pm,
Monday through Thursday. Students
take ESL on two of those nights.
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Seven Lawrence and Lowell Nonprofit
Programs Receive $85,000 for Youth Mentoring
Efforts through Liberty Mutual Initiative
“My mom likes the mentoring program
because it keeps me out of trouble. My
mentor is so busy, but he takes time just to
talk and play basketball with me. My mentor
treats me the way I want to be treated.
Without the mentoring program, where
would I be?”
These are the words of a seventh-grade
boy named Randy who was matched with a
mentor through the Hispanic Office of
Planning and Evaluation in Lawrence. The
pair has been together for two years, and
since that time, Randy’s self-confidence and
school performance have improved. His
mentor, a television executive, has even
taught Randy how to use graphics and
animation software.
The Hispanic Office of Planning and
Evaluation is just one of seven Lawrence
and Lowell nonprofit programs recently
awarded a grant through the $1 million
Liberty Mutual Mentoring Initiative
launched in 2004. The initiative was
implemented and managed in collaboration
with Mass Mentoring Partnership, the
umbrella agency for youth mentoring in
Massachusetts.
The Hispanic Office received $15,000
in this current round of funding to support
its mentor recruitment and match efforts in
Lawrence. Below is the complete list of
Lawrence and Lowell community agencies
that recently received grants through the
Liberty Mutual Mentoring Initiative.
“Whether measured by academic
performance, violence prevention or
improved family relationships, anecdotal
and empirical research confirm that the
impact of a caring adult in a young person’s
life cannot be overestimated,” said Liberty
Mutual Group Chairman, President and
CEO, Edmund F. Kelly. “By supporting
quality mentoring programs, we make a
powerful difference in the lives of children
and an important investment in the future
of society.”
AGENCY
RECENT GRANT
TOTAL FUNDING SINCE 2004
LAWRENCE
Hispanic Office of Planning and Evaluation
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Lawrence
Lawrence Public Schools/Stand & Deliver MCAS
Mentoring
Merrimack Valley YMCA
LAWRENCE
$ 15,000
$ 15,000
$ 10,000
M
$ 5,000
LAWRENCE
$ 31,250
$ 15,000
$ 44,000
M
$ 25,000
LOWELL
Robert F. Kennedy Children Action Corps./Eliot
Center
Boys & Girls Club of Lowell
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Greater Lowell
LAWRENCE
$ 15,000
$
$ 10,000
$ 10,000
LAWRENCE
$ 15,000
$
Added David Shapiro, CEO of Mass
Mentoring Partnership, which provides
ongoing training to grant recipients and
measurement of their outcomes associated
with the initiative, “Statewide research
shows that for every two children matched
with a mentor, one is on a program’s waiting
list. Through Liberty’s strategic investment
in mentoring over the past two years, we’ve
been able to help mentoring programs in all
stages of development create quality
programming. As a result, more than 1,500
kids have been matched with the caring
adult mentors they need to fulfill their
potential.”
This is the third year of funding for the
Liberty Mutual Mentoring Initiative. In
addition to Lawrence and Lowell, nonprofit
programs in Boston, Brockton, Fall River,
Holyoke, Lynn, New Bedford, Springfield
and Worcester also received grants through
the Initiative to support the start-up,
enhanced quality, and expansion of youth
mentoring programs. Through the initiative,
the UMASS Donahue Institute is
conducting research on the landscape and
impact of mentoring.
Boston-based Liberty Mutual Group is
MOSTLY MOZART
SATURDAY, MARCH 4, 2006 7:30 PM
Come celebrate the 250th anniversary of Mozart’s birth, as
members of the Lawrence High School Girls Ensemble and the
Treble Chorus of New England’s Men’s Ensemble join NECS in
a performance of Mozart’s vivacious Vesperae solennes de
confessore (Solemn Vespers) K.339, with guest artists Laura
Harbert, soprano, Pamela Dellal, alto, Aaron Sheehan, tenor,
and Aaron Engebreth, Bass, accompanied by professional
orchestra. This setting of the Vespers was one of Mozart’s
own favorite works.
In addition, NECS will perform Mozart’s Te Deum, K.141
accompanied by professional string orchestra, the
Lawrence High School Girls Ensemble will sing a short
program, and guest artist Pamela Dellal will sing three Mozart
lieder:
Als Luise die Briefe ihres ungetreuen Liebhabers verbrannte, K.
520,
Das Veilchen, K. 476, and
Abendempfindung, K. 523.
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Rogers Center for the Arts, Merrimack College, North Andover,
Massachusetts
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The company offers a wide range of
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individuals and businesses, including
personal automobile, homeowners, workers
compensation and general liability. Liberty
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has approximately 1,870 employees in its
Boston headquarters and more than 3,200
employees in 30 locations throughout
Massachusetts. Altogether, Liberty Mutual
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throughout the world.
Mass Mentoring Partnership, also in
Boston, is the only statewide organization
dedicated to bringing mentoring to scale in
Massachusetts. Since 1997 it has been
involved in the start-up and sustainability
of high-quality mentoring programs; the
execution of high-visibility mentor
recruitment campaigns; and the dedication
of increased public and private resources
to the local mentoring movement.
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State Representative
Barry Finegold
Endorses Deval Patrick
for Governor
ValleyWorks Career
Center Offers On-TheJob (OJT) Training
Program
New Program Provides
Financial Incentive for
Employers
Says Patrick’s Experience as
An Accomplished Leader Is
What Massachusetts Needs
To Get Moving Again
Citing the need for an accomplished
leader in the Governor’s Office, State
Representative Barry Finegold (DAndover) is endorsing Deval Patrick’s
candidacy for governor of Massachusetts.
“Deval understands what it takes to
make Massachusetts a leader again, and he
is willing to roll up his sleeves to get the job
done,” said Representative Finegold.
Deval Patrick launched his
gubernatorial bid in April of last year. Before
this historic run, he was a top lawyer and
executive at Coca-Cola and Texaco. Patrick
was a top official in the Justice Department
under President Clinton. During his tenure,
he inspired a groundbreaking fair lending
program and gave life to the Americans with
Disabilities Act.
“I am honored and excited to have the
endorsement of Representative Finegold,”
Patrick said. “He shares my determination
to base this campaign on the people of the
Commonwealth and their needs, not
political gamesmanship.”
Since last April, the Patrick campaign
has raised over $1.8 million dollars, with
$350,000 in donations raised through the
campaign’s grassroots efforts on the
internet. More than 10,000 people have
participated in Patrick’s fundraising efforts.
This powerful grassroots effort has signed
up over 3,000 volunteers from across the
state. Each day volunteers fill the
campaign’s headquarters in Charlestown.
When Representative Barry R. Finegold
first won election to the Massachusetts
House of Representatives in 1996, he was
the youngest member of his freshman class.
He is now in his fourth term as a State
Representative, serving on the Ways and
Means, Economic Development and
Emerging Technologies and Labor and
Workforce Development committees. On
Beacon Hill, Finegold has worked hard to
be an independent voice for his
constituents.
In 2000, Finegold authored the
“Deval understands
what it takes to make
Massachusetts a leader
again, and he is willing
to roll up his sleeves to
get the job done”
Representative Barry
Finegold
Holocaust Restitution Bill, which precluded
the 3,500 Massachusetts holocaust
survivors from paying taxes on recovered
assets from the Swiss Government as well
as income used against them in calculating
housing or health care benefits.
Representative Finegold has used firsthand accounts of conditions in Merrimack
Valley hospitals and nursing homes to help
implement statewide reforms. He secured
funding to make Massachusetts one of the
first states to establish a consumer report
card on nursing homes. Representative
Finegold has also led efforts to improve
environmental
conditions
in
Massachusetts. As co-chair of the North
East Solid Waste Committee, he helped
procure $3 million from the state to retrofit
incinerators in the Merrimack Valley which
greatly reduced air and water pollution.
Last October, Patrick began unveiling
elements of his plan for Moving
Massachusetts Forward. To date, he has
released plans for economic development,
education, health care, working with cities
and towns and energy and the environment.
In the latter plan, he announced his support
for the Cape Wind project in Nantucket
Sound and for making Massachusetts an
international leader in renewable energy
technology.
Patrick has been endorsed by former
Labor Secretaries Robert Reich and Alexis
Herman, U.S. Senator Barak Obama (DIllinois), Congressman James McGovern (DWorcester), five Massachusetts unions,
and over 40 state and local officials including
the mayors of seven Massachusetts cities.
The Valley Works Career Center
(VWCC), a One-Stop Career Center
dedicated to assisting job seekers and
businesses in the Merrimack Valley with
all aspects of entering, re-entering or
hiring the workforce, has launched a pilot
program to benefit both employers and
qualified employees. ValleyWorks’ Onthe-Job Training (OJT) Program is one of
the first in the state’s One-Stop Career
Center system.
The program is funded through the
federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA)
and will pay for up to 50% of a new,
qualified employee’s salary while being
trained. Ann Shaw, who had previously
served as ValleyWorks Workshop
Coordinator, is the OJT Program
Coordinator and works closely with the
center’s Business Services Unit to
develop relationships with businesses
interested in OJT.
What is OJT?
OJT is training conducted by an
employer for a new employee while he or
she is working and learning the skills
necessary for productive and satisfactory
job performance. A “hire first” training
program, OJT is applicable to private
sector businesses and used with
candidates (potential employees) who
agree to be trained under the program.
Program Benefits
For employers, OJT helps save
money through training a new hire into a
productive permanent employee. If a
company qualifies, the funding is easily
accessible and the application process is
simplified by the OJT Coordinator, who
comes on-site to assist in determining
eligibility and streamlines the process for
employers.
“This unique program also addresses
the labor force needs of employers who
may otherwise be unable to meet their
need for skilled and experienced workers,”
notes Ann Shaw.
For job seekers who meet program
eligibility requirements, OJT provides an
opportunity to gain valuable work
experience in a career growth path after
training ends. It is also a good option for
job seekers who have strong work
histories but lack specific skill sets
needed to secure employment.
“If you’re an employer, you
understand all too well the cost of hiring
and retaining good employees,” said Ms.
Shaw. “In many cases, candidates who
have the right combination of
enthusiasm and intelligence lack the
specific skills you need for the job. This
is where
ValleyWorks’ OJT Program can help
businesses save money while turning a
good worker into an appropriatelyskilled employee.”
How to Get Started
Joining the OJT program is easy. First,
Ms. Shaw meets with an employer to
discuss specific training needs, gather
job information, entry level requirements
and expected outcomes. She then designs
a training curriculum that outlines specific
skills, a schedule and training goals for
the position. A standard contract is
drawn up and signed. Customers work
with ValleyWorks staff to ensure that they
are “job ready” and “training ready” as
part of the application and referral
process. Typically these individuals have
a strong work history, but may need
training in specific occupational skills in
order to secure new employment.
Future plans
“We hope to build upon our current
successes and expand the program to
include employers from across a wide
variety of industries,” said Ms. Shaw. The
Board has invested funds for employers
to utilize this program.
For more information about On-TheJob Training, contact Ann Shaw at (978)
722-7051 or [email protected].
NEW SHOW: CHANNEL 23
Nuevo Programa
Latinos Unidos of NH (LUNH) has its new weekly show at
Channel 23, Public Access Channel for Manchester, every
Friday at 6:00PM with Nery Yasendii Gonzales as interviewer.
This week you can see the interview with Wanda Caraballo,
the new President of LUNH and Daniel Arellano, the VicePresident of LUNH.
Latinos Unidos de NH (LUNH) tiene un nuevo programa
semanal en el Canal 23 de Acceso Público para Manchester,
todos los viernes a las 6:00 p.m. con Nery Yasendii Gonzales
como presentadora.
Esta semana puede verla en una entrevista con Wanda
Caraballo, la nueva presidenta de LUNH y Daniel Arellano,
vicepresidente de LUNH.
IT’S ALL ABOUT RIGHT(S)
ITSALLABOUTRIGHTS.COM | BY ELLEN BAHAN
Random Unconnected
Thoughts
I WONDER …
If the feds for the last month are in the
Methuen Police Station going over all those
grant applications looking for fraud.
If Offs. Getchell and Ramirez are the next
to be promoted.
If anybody knows that Getchell is the
chief’s brother-in-law, who by the way we
changed the rules to allow him to become a
cop.
Why according to the police
department we need the fire department at
all?
How Billy Manzi is spending all those
hours being mayor, when he stated
incessantly and uncategorically what a
good job the old queen had done.
If Mickey Condon is cold without his
coon skinned cap.
Why Mickey really dropped out?
If old shar will run. She needs the
pension time!
If all that dwell in pork town are aware
that the royal chariot has resurfaced and
has landed in the badly acting chief’s yard.
BRILLIANT BILLY: You not taking the
gas guzzling SUV, and letting the badly
acting chief tool around in it. As we all
know the chief has the propensity to take
public vehicles on vacation to the beach
and ferry his children around.
If I actually did see Wally Fleming
(that’s officer Fleming) peaking through the
steering wheel of the royal chariot the other
day at the Tenney Grammar? I wonder
whom he was ferrying around.
Why, speaking of Wally Fleming, he
was not promoted at the last round of
promotions? Wally is always so eager to
please the brass boys, you’d of thought he
would have been rewarded by now!
Note: For years now with watching the
top heavy brass ferry around their children
in taxpayer-funded vehicles I have thought
these bad boys would be better served
driving minivans. Well, be careful what you
wish for!
How come in the daily record of
advertisement, death, Dear Abby and
horoscope the little load in his glowing
rendition as master of ceremonies at the
Thank-You-Sharon-For-Being-Just-SharonDinner, he chose old shar’s visitation of
those Methuenites who lost loved ones in
the 9/11 act of terror. You would have
thought he would have picked a better
example; in light of the fact, when the Patriot
Bridge was dedicated the only name to
appear on the initial plaque was that of just
SHARON! So like old shar to only and
always think of herself, the little load is only
fooling himself if he thinks the people of
Methuen think any different.
If what I hear about the queen’s plaque
with her name on it is going to be removed
per order of the state?
If the antique money confiscated by
the Methuen Police Department in the case
of barn roofers is in the lock up at the police
station?
I wonder if it has its own special area.
I wonder who has a key to that area.
If deputy dawwg is getting ready to
sock it to the people of Methuen and go
out on a total disability.
What is going to happen to Moe our
excommunicated/ disgraced legal beagle?
If Billy is still brokering a deal to get
Moe a job.
ASKED AND ANSWERED!!!
Who is the director of the Andover
Housing Authority?
Was she holding a sign BILLY FOR
MAYOR?
How much more trouble the badly
acting chief and his trusty dawwg can get
us into, by just acting as their bad boy
selves? DO YOU KNOW WHO I AM?
Come on 1 verse: Bad boys bad boys
whatca gonna do, whatca gonna do when
they come for you!
IF THEY ARE COMING FOR YOU!
How much money we have already
spent on their and the ex-mayor queenie’s
legal defense, when it comes to breaking all
the rules and regulations?
I am going to put a request for public
information, just HOW MUCH WE HAVE
SPENT ON THEIR DEFENSE.
How much money we have spent on
additional lawyer fee to again defend the
badly acting chief as he portrayed his role
as Vice President of MCTV/Cable Advisory
Board?
No!! I do not wonder why Billy replaced
him, it is about time. The problem here is
someone should be held responsible for the
bad appointment, and all legal fees incurred
should be returned to MCTV.
Or better still, old shar pick up the tab,
when she also reimburses the people for
the giant silver SUV.
How many people who have water in
their cellars liked the ordinance put forward
by Rhame and Leone?
What does Leone do for a living?
If any of Leone’s houses have water in
their cellars.
How come Rhame and Leone did not
think through the fact that water in your
cellar is not a chosen or desired selling
feature when purchasing or selling a house?
How come Rhame and Leone do not
understand that water in your cellar is a
result of bad developing practices that were
allowed to occur in our lovely little haven
of pork town?
On February 21, 2006, Kathleen Rahme,
with the blessing of Joe Leone, withdrew
this ill-thought, half-baked ordinance!
ONE VERSE: Bad boys, bad boys
whatca gonna do, whatca gonna do when
they come for you?
I wonder how the badly acting chief
felt when the union told him that the boys
were thinking of having a NO CONFIDENCE
VOTE AGAINST HIM?
If I can vote.
I wonder why the Methuen police have
no balls.
Note: The last gala policemen’s ball
was once again held out of town at Harris
Pelham Inn. WHAT DID YOU THINK I
WAS TALKING ABOUT!
If Zanni fancies himself as Assistant
Mayor or maybe that’s co-mayor.
Remember he did not win by a
landslide!
If Billy orchestrated that vote for
chairman.
I’ll bet you wished now you didn’t!
By the way, I did see from my vantage
point of the front funeral parlor chair one of
the councilors way-laid into Billy’s office,
before the chairman vote was taken. Again
Billy, I reiterate bet you wished now you
didn’t do that!
Who do you have to know to be able
to drive up to the Methuen Town Yard, backin around the back with your pick up truck
and trailer, load up to you hearts contend
some nice split wood?
Whose hand I saw the guy in the pick
up truck shake after he emerged from the
building, just prior to the backing and
loading.
Can everybody go up to the town yard,
shake this guy’s hand and get a trailer full
of split wood?
If someone from the town yard would
give me a call and let me know what that
guy’s name is, so I can tell my readers who
to ask for when they pick up their wood!
How come Billy stated that when he
took over the reigns of pork town, we are
already 3 million dollars in the hole? Funny,
when he voted affirmative at every budget
old shar ever put forth, he never quite stated
that in those terms. Being an accountant
an all, he was well aware of how old shar
was tucking it to the people.
Where’s Toody? And is she keeping
anybody’s public information?
About 40B’s
Where is Ed Marchand?
About David Spada and Gleason Street.
If David Spada is now trying to sell
Gleason Street. I say that he has secured
the 10+million dollars tax-free loan from
Mass Development. And now that he has
picked clean all the remedial money to be
had for that site, without ever cleaning the
site up.
About Matty K. filling Toody’s shoes.
About the badly acting chief filling the
queen seat? That’s car seat!
About an accident that happened right
around the time of the election.
The police with the help of the politicos
covered it up?
About the public getting a $200 ticket
for parking in the fire lane at the high
school?
About police parking (unmarked cruiser
on unofficial business) in the fire lane at the
high school.
NOTE: It was not parked there because
of official police business; it was parked
there for a basketball game!
How he can break the law, but give a
ticket to someone else that does the very
same thing?
Why the badly acting chief condones
this bad behavior; this has been in my
columns in the past. The badly acting chief
must have given him a belly bumping
jumping high five for this outrageous
SEE
ELLEN BAHAN:
CONT. ON PAGE 21
Begley
named
USPS
marketing
manager
Barry P.
Begley, of
Methuen, was
promoted to
manager of
marketing for
t
h
e
Massachusetts
P o s t a l
District.
Barry P. Begley
District
Manager John
W. “Mike” Powers III announced
Begley’s promotion to oversee retail
operations in more than 350 postal
facilities in Massachusetts.
Begley was manager of Post Office
operations for the 018-019 ZIP Code
areas prior to his new assignment.
He began his postal career as a
letter carrier 23 years ago in Andover
Post Office. In 1985, he worked as mail
processing supervisor at the former
General Mail Facility in Woburn.
In 1988, Begley was promoted to
the position of management trainee at
the former Woburn Management
Sectional Center.
In 1991, he was promoted to
postmaster of North Reading. Five
years later, Begley returned to Andover
as postmaster. He also served as
officer-1n-charge (acting postmaster) of
Lowell Post Office and acting plant
manager of the Middlesex-Essex
Processing and Distribution Center in
North Reading.
Three years ago, he was graduated
from the prestigious U.S. Postal
Service’s Advanced Leadership
Program, which seeks to develop a
highly competent managerial base from
which future organizational leaders will
emerge by providing the knowledge,
skills and experience necessary to
positively impact and support future
postal management decisions and
direction. He is also a recent graduate
of the Processing and Distribution
Manager Program.
He was graduated from Lawrence
Central Catholic High School and holds
a Bachelor’s Degree in business
administration from Merrimack College,
North Andover.
Begley and his wife, Debbie, live
in Methuen.
He is the son of Rosaleen Begley,
of Methuen, and the late Gerald Begley.
[email protected]
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STATE
REPRESENTATIVES
ANNOUNCE
FIRST-TIME
HOMEBUYERS
ASSISTANCE FOR
LAWRENCE
RESIDENTS
State Representatives David
Torrisi (D-North Andover), Barry
Finegold (D-Andover), and William
Lantigua (D-Lawrence) announced that
$30,000 will be awarded to the City of
Lawrence
to
help
first-time
homeowners qualify for a mortgage.
Additionally, Community Teamwork,
Inc., a non-profit housing agency
offering an array of housing
opportunities and supportive services
to low-income families in the Merrimack
Valley will receive $125,000 towards
these efforts.
“To remain an economically
competitive state, we must continue to
build more housing in Massachusetts,
and ensure that these homes are
affordable to low- and moderate-income
families,” stated Rep. Torrisi, House
Chairman of the Committee on
Community Development and Small
Businesses. “Today’s award will help
make homeownership a reality for
hundreds of residents in the community
of Lawrence, in the face of high housing
costs.”
The awards were made available
through the state’s Soft Second Loan
program, which is administered by the
Department of Housing and
Community Development (DHCD)
along
with
the
quasi-public
Massachusetts Housing Partnership
Fund (MHP). Soft Second loans
combine private and public funds to
lower homeowner borrowing costs by
combining a conventional first
mortgage from a bank with a statesubsidized second bank mortgage. The
state grant will go towards interest
payments on borrowers’ second
mortgages for the first ten years.
“Affordable housing continues to
be a pressing need in Lawrence and
across the Commonwealth for many
reasons,” Representative Lantigua
said. “These programs will not only
empower first-time homeowners, but
will strengthen our community and its
economy.”
“I am aware of how increasingly
difficult it is becoming to afford a home
in Massachusetts.
These are
necessary funds that will be put to
good use for first-time homeowners,”
said Rep. Finegold.
Unlike zero-down payment
products, Soft Second loans require a
three-percent down payment and
buyers must take homebuyer classes.
As a result, delinquent payment and
foreclosure rates are significantly lower
for Soft Second loans than other
targeted loan programs. Soft Second
reported no foreclosures in 2005 and
has had just 27 in its history. In 2005,
Soft Second made 776 loans and passed
the 8,700 mark in total loans statewide.
This month, $2.5 million will be
distributed to 47 communities and nine
regional organizations across the
Commonwealth. Individual subsidies
for each eligible household vary depending on the applicants’ income, but
are on average about $5,800 per loan.
A POINT OF VIEW
“A thousand dollar nightmare”
I
It was dark and cold. The lights on the closest lampposts were dim,
almost dead; walking on the empty sidewalks full of cracks was hard, almost
impossible.
The man, black hat on down to his ear lobes, a lit cigarette in his shaking
hand, an old trench coat that was probably a couple of sizes too large for
him, kept walking. He then saw her. His heart beat faster. The moment he had
been waiting for had finally arrived. He sighed. She, on the other side, did
not.
“Well, do you want it?” she asked almost without care and concern.
“Do you have it?” he said.
“I certainly do”, she answered, smiling coyly.
“Can I see it?”
“Do you doubt my word?” She responded a bit annoyed.
“No, no, I don’t doubt your word, but I have to see it first. It is too
expensive and I usually don’t have that kind of money for this sort of thing.”
She hesitated and looked at him with suspicion. “Follow me,” she
answered. Then they both walked to the opposite sidewalk.
“Be careful,” she warned in a low voice. “You never know when a cop is
going to see you and catch you. If one stops us, you and I don’t know each
other. You are just asking for directions, OK?”
“Good enough.” He took another puff of smoke in his longs.
They walked, more briskly now, towards a run down house without
lights that was in the middle of the block and was surrounded by a tall old
wooden fence and some shrubbery. She opened the fence gate and signaled
him to come in, not without first making sure no one saw them. He followed
eagerly.
“How good is it?” he asked with anxiety.
“Good enough… what do you think? It is regular quality.”
“Regular?”
“Yes; and expensive.”
“How expensive?”
“A thousand dollars.”
“What? A thousand dollars for a gallon of regular gas? Are you crazy?”
“Yes, a thousand dollars; and that Rolex watch in your wrist also. The
money has to be split with my gas dealer, but the watch is for my boyfriend….”
By Paul V. Montesino, PhD.
[email protected]
Now, if you
think the above
dialogue-it was not
about what you
expected, was it?-is
fiction, think again. All
you have to do is take
a look at what is going
on in the world today
and realize that the possibility that we are
going to go through real pain just to buy a
gallon of gasoline to get a few more miles
from our inefficient family car is not only
possible but highly probable as well. The
events we have been witnessing for the past
few years are evidence that support our
point of view.
Go to any supermarket or mall parking
lot these days and you find yourself
surrounded by SUVs that not only block
your view when you try to squeeze out of
your parking space, but waste more
gasoline that is needed to get from here to
there, or return. But, of course, not always
it is an SUV that does it. In other cases it is
a truck driven by someone who probably
could walk as well instead.
The average household size of the
American family in 2004 was 2.6 persons
and the average family size 3.18 (Source:
U.S. Census Bureau.) Why we need a huge
SUV to carry so few people around, as an
average, boggles the mind. I remember when
... “As long as my
neighbor is the fellow
who has to downsize
his four-wheeler while I
choose to upsize mine,
we will keep on
trucking at night,
without lights, in the
direction of a precipice
no one knows is right in
front of us ready to
swallow us.”
we could fit 15 students in a small
Volkswagen beetle when we were in College.
Why can’t we fit much less in just a bit
more space?
Of course, we now want to carry
backpacks and hockey sticks or musical
instruments with us, but we could as well
leave those instruments in storage in the
places we use them. But never mind, it is
your life, not mine. This is a free country.
But the evidence goes beyond car sizes
on the parking lots or the crowded
highways. Look at the daily news all over
the world and our own nation and you will
see how oil is seeping into every part of our
lives in one way or the other. It is happening
slowly, but surely. Governments that control
the oil spigot are behind accusations and
demonstrations about our way of life or our
political or economic system on a daily
basis. Whether it is Iran with its threat of
nuclear expansion; Venezuela selling
cheaper oil to poor inner city Americans
directly and skipping our elected
governmental institutions or Middle Eastern
governments manipulating the masses to
arise and react against a small newspaper
nobody ever knew before for publishing a
senseless cartoon, oil is the new power
broker.
You know we are in real trouble when
the President of the United States goes to
the Congress to deliver his yearly State of
The Union Address and his most quoted
statement was a declaration of national
dependency: “We are hooked on oil,” he
said. What a bummer! And it gets worse.
No one remembers the traditional response
from Democrats that followed. But we all
know that the one most reported in the news
the following day was the Exxon-Mobil’s
Senior Vice President who responded
prophetically: “We will never be totally free
from our dependency on oil.” Hellooo!
While we are on the subject, I think
that the number of State of the Union
addresses should be cut down. I would
have only two, one when a new president
takes office and another when he or she
leaves it. The first is the “this is what I got”
picture. The last is the “this is what I did
with what I got” picture. I am willing to bet
that if you took Mr. Bush’s-or any other
President’s-first State of the Union Address
and compare what he promised then with
what he actually delivered you would have
an angina attack. So the State of the Union
should really consist of two deliveries: the
old and the new. Not a bummer I bet. Of
course, the President does not want us to
have an angina attack on a national level
because that would affect our health
response system.
“The United States’ trade deficits in
2005 and 2004 have been one of the largest
in history. The driving force behind those
huge deficits is, yes, you guessed it, oil,
which at this time is over $60 a barrel. And if
you think that the recent attempt of Saudi
terrorists failed because they were killed,
think again. Oil went up by more than two
dollars per barrel after the scare. That is over
$41 million dollars per day for our Arab
providers. Will we change direction to
correct this situation? It is doubtful. As long
as my neighbor is the fellow who has to
downsize his four-wheeler while I choose
to upsize mine, we will keep on trucking at
night, without lights, in the direction of a
precipice no one knows is right in front of
us ready to swallow us.”
So the next time you park and have
trouble trying to get out of your space
because you are surrounded by huge
inefficient SUVs or trucks be careful. Note
the model of the car. It is not what the car
manufacturers make you think it is. Their
real name is “Osama.” And, yes, get hold of
your Rolex. You are going to need it.
Dr. Montesino, solely responsible
for this article, is the Editor of
LatinoWorldOnline.com and Senior
Lecturer in the Computer
Information Systems Department
at Bentley College, Waltham,
Massachusetts.
Mr. B's Sports Memories
The 1956 Tech Tourney at Boston
Garden
By Frank Benjamin
The Lawrence
area was to send 5 teams
to play in what was
called
the
Tech
Tournament at the
Boston Garden. This
tourney was an end of
the year spectacular that
would end with the crowning of state
champions of all divisions namely A, B. and
C,. It was the biggest tourney of its time
although the Catholic Tourney held at
Central Catholic was just a shade behind.
The Catholic tourney was held in about the
three-quarter season mark and lasted from
Thursday through Sunday at the Hampshire
St. School and some of New England’s
greatest high school players displayed their
stuff to standing room only crowds.
Headed to the Tech this year was North
Andover featuring now retired firefighter
and three sport star Teddy Snell. Ted
became a fine hoop official in later years
and spent some years in Ireland as the
owner of an inn before returning to North
Andover.
Andy Zigelis was one of the North
Andover kids that was one of that school’s
best ever, now a retired State trooper from
the Commonwealth of Mass and a threesport star at the turkey town school.
Robin Monroe who was considered the
best to play hoop there on his way to its
hall of fame. Robin after a great career as a
drug undercover agent with his good buddy
Gilly Frechette a Lawrence city councilor is
now the head of the housing authority task
force.
Vie Battaglioli and Norm Heinze were
also players for this team and Heinze also a
Hall of Famer at the school and a three-sport
star a catcher in baseball he caught in
college for Tufts University and later he and
I shared catching duties for the Andover
Vets a Semi Pro baseball team. He had a son
who played hockey in the NHL and one who
coached college hockey. Norm was no
slouch on the ice himself.
Bob Licare Sr. was the coach and he is
now retired and a member of the state
coaches Hall of Fame and is the father of
Dickie and Bobby now coaches at Central
Catholic after great high school and college
careers, Dickie at North Andover High and
Merrimack College and Bobby at Central
Catholic and U/Mass Lowell. He and his
good buddy Leo Parent of Lowell - and now
the hoop coach at Pentucket - led that team
to a national Divison 3 championship.
Jack Lyons also played for this North
Andover team. The Methuen rangers had
Bob Drew, George Max, Ara Tutunjian,
Dave Nadeaujoe Tardie a fine baseball player
who becomes a Hall of Famer and was
inducted in the same class with yours truly.
Bill Donovan now retired from the
Telephone Company later watched his kids
play sports for the Rangers along with his
wife Maureen who toils now at the Methuen
Senior Citizens building.
John Rimas was a fine player also a Hall
of Famer went on to play at Merrimack
College and had two sons and a daughter
who gave him and his wife Jean great thrills
on the hardwood. They recently moved
from the city and are now residents of
Seabrook, New Hampshire.
Leading the Lancers of Lawrence were
a great 3-sporter who later performed at
Michigan State in football and later became
a rider in trotters racing and this after
watching his son George Jr. lead the Salem,
New Hampshire Blue Devils to a State
Championship.
Ron Rochon, Barnsey O’Neil of South
Lawrence and now retired as security guard
at Raytheon, Eddie Lonardo also a
Raytheon retiree. Moe Ferris who pitched
for the Lancer baseball team and is now
retired and living on the Cape; he was a
teacher in the Andover school system
Jimmy McCarthy also known as
“Snowshoes” is also retired but after playing
hoop at Merrimack College and selling
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insurance. He and Robin Monroe take cross
country motorcycle trips these days. He
still lives locally and occasionally those two
can be caught eating at the Cedar Crest and
the big contest now is to see who is paying
the check.
Bobby Laudani was a three-sport star
at the Haverhill St. School and a good one.
Bobby leaves a wife and son as he perishes
as his plane crashes into the icy Potomac
River on a cold winter day.
The red and blue of Central Catholic
had the following players at the ready: Dick
“Moose” Poulin who later worked at the
Lawrence District Court. Jack “Biffer”
Moynihan a Hall of Famer at the school was
a star in three sports. Biff’s dad was fabled
football and baseball coach Dick Moynihan.
Sadly Biff succumbs to a heart attack and
left us at much too young an age. He was
working for Mass Electric after a tryout for
the New England Patriots didn’t pan out.
Paul Courtamanche now a retiree from
the Essex County Jail system was another
great for what was called by some “Spicket
High”. He can be found these days health
walking with his sister Cammy Roberge
many mornings. Bobby Zouloubus a better
than average high school pitcher from South
Lawrence was also very adept on the
hardwood.
Bobby “Dingo” Marchand another who
left us much too early was as fast as
lightning and was an excellent baseball
player and later a fine softball player for the
Rocky Club in the fast pitch league. He toiled
for the city’s DPW and was in charge of the
Memorial Stadium a great guy who was very
seldom seen without his ever present
“stogie” sticking out of his mouth. Dingo
was also a great bowler at the alleys beneath
the French Social when it was on Lowell St.
Al Butterworth is now retired and living
in Florida was a local sharpshooter ready to
go. Don Tremblay who to this day is
considered by many as Central Catholic’s
greatest player is living in Florida these days
as well and was an all state football player
on both offense and defense. He later
played softball for the Rocky Club and later
led a golden-ager team from Florida to
National Championship.
Joe Carter whose dad Nick has the
tennis courts on Lawrence St. named after
him was with the Centrals this year before
transferring to LHS. He excelled in every
sport he played from the Little League on
up. At Lawrence he played for the fabled
coach Ed Buckley in football; later he
starred in hoop and then became the hoop
coach at the school. He works for the LHA
maintenance at Beacon St. these days and
referees hoop in New Hampshire. Joe
resides in Derry, New Hampshire at present.
He and the now deceased John Hale were
recruited out of Lawrence High School
football by the legendary coach of Alabama,
Paul “Bear” Bryant, where they both
attended for a while. Bryant visited them
both in a house on Bennington St. in
Lawrence. This happened when Alabama
was a national power.
Greater Lawrence is well represented at
the 1956 Tech Tournament at the Boston
Garden.
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CONT. FROM PAGE 19
behavior!!!
About the cover-your-ass
department. Has Billy got it up to
snuff?
Where old shar is. Where the little
load is.
What old shar is driving? I think
she should have bought out the lease
for the big boat SUV. A lease that would
well outlive her time on the throne.
You’d think that after what the little
load saying about her being a caring
individual, she would take some of that
thank you for being just Sharon money.
Well, maybe not. She must need
that money. Does she have a job yet?
Has an opening at the spout become
vacant?
About the broken fence at the
Mar-Lin AKA Mill Falls Project, the
dangerously high corner drop into the
water.
About the Billy Bridge being 100%
handicap accessible.
I am sure that I do not have to
worry too much about this because Ken
Willett will take care of this, and now
that Kathleen Rahme has emerged from
the basement water she will be able to
help Ken. Go get them!
If Ken will be as concerned about
the bridge as he was about the track.
Who designed the track not be
accessible for the handicap?
About all the new cruisers and new
pick-up truck. Who is going to drive
the new pick-up truck?
If cell phones grown out of
policemen’s ears.
If the cell phone drives the car.
Apparently the car that recently
crashed!
If Kraunelis’ father was a big wig
at Malden Mills.
About Malden Mills paying their
back taxes.
About Billy picking Matt.
Why Nancy Colbert who was our
interim community development
director did not get the job?
Note: I hear she was eminently
qualified. Well, I guess that explains it!
About Mass Development.
If we have new computers coming,
I already know about the ones Randy
Haggar has a hand in. I am talking about
other new computers; we seem to get a
big batch of them every couple of
years.
Why the motorcycles were out that
very slippery day of Billy inauguration.
Seems like a very bad time to have the
bikes out, even if it was for the pomp
and poop.
About officers driving their kids
to and from school and sporting events,
while on duty and off duty and always
in a police cruiser whether marked or
unmarked. Are we insured for this or
could we get sued?
Still wonder about all the building
going on in Methuen?
Traffic?
New Post Office?
If Rumbo is being thrown away at
City Hall. They better not, Billy! YOU
PROMISED!
How many of you citizens will
apply for theses boards in Methuen.
What board or boards I will apply
for.
If I will get it. What do you think?
HAVERHILL NEWS
ACTIVITIES AT THE
HAVERHILL SENIOR
CENTER
For any of the following
activities, unless noted
differently, please call Kathy
Bresnahan or Rita LaBella at
the Council on Aging at
(978) 374-2390.
Flower Show
COA is planning a trip to New
England Spring Flower Show on
Monday, March 13. Join us for this
year’s show, themed Welcome Home!
Celebrating Our Great New England
Landscape. Transportation will leave
from West Gate at 9:30 and depart from
Boston at 3:30. Tickets are $23.00.
Lunch is on your own.
Ten Tenors
COA has tickets to a performance
by the Ten Tenors at Lowell Auditorium
on Wednesday, March 15 at 8:00 p.m.
The Ten Tenors has been seen by over
77 million people on three continents,
selling out shows and winning hearts
with their unmistakable charm,
camaraderie and vocal prowess in
opera, pop, rock and more. Their
concert was broadcast on PBS stations
around the Country. Bus will leave
from the Citizen Center at 7:00 pm.
Tickets are $45 per person.
Ballroom Dancing
Put on your dancing shoes and join
the Haverhill Council on Aging for an
evening of ballroom dancing! Trilogy
will perform live at the Citizens Center
10 Welcome Street, Haverhill, on
Saturday, March 25, from 7:30 to 11:00
p.m. Doors will open at 7:00. Tickets
are $8.00 per person. Buy tickets early
as seating is limited. Call your friends
and join in this lively evening of fun!
You can dance the night away or simply
sit and enjoy the music. Light
refreshments will be served: soda,
coffee, tea, desserts. There will be a
raffle and door prizes.
FREE CELL PHONES
Council on Aging announces it has a
supply of free cell phones for Haverhill
seniors. These phones are
programmed to call 911 in an
emergency. This is a free service.
Please call Joel Berg for additional
information.
NEET DRIVERS NEEDED
A dependable car, a good driving
record and a little time each month are
all you need to become a NEET driver.
The Northern Essex Elder Transport,
Inc. program (NEET) drives seniors
from their homes to out-of-town
medical appointments. All of the
seniors requesting NEET rides are
independent and ambulatory. The
NEET drivers are provided with
supplemental insurance for their
vehicle and are reimbursed at $.40 per
mile. Call the Haverhill Citizen Center
at 978-374-2449 or the NEET office at
978-388-7474 to sign up.
person for ticket and transportation.
Alleppo Shriners Circus
Haverhill COA is planning a trip to the
Alleppo Shriners Circus in Wilmington,
MA, at the Shriners Auditorium on
Friday, April 21. The bus will leave
Westgate at 12:30 a.m. and return to
Haverhill at approximately 6:00 p.m.
Tickets are complimentary, and
transportation for this event is $10.00
per person for seniors. Reservations
must be made by March 14 for this
trip.
Lord of the Dance - Lowell
COA has tickets to Lord of the
Dance at Lowell Auditorium on
Wednesday, March 30 at 8:00 p.m.
Michael Flatley and his 30 superbly
choreographed precision dancers have
been selling out arenas and theatres
worldwide with this Celtic-infused
spectacular program. Bus will leave
from the Citizen Center at 7:00 pm.
Tickets are $45 per person.
Weight Watchers
Weight Watchers is coming to the
Citizen Center! Our central location
and accessible parking make this the
perfect site for Boomers, Seniors and
others to attend informative sessions
led by a knowledgeable, supportive
Weight Watchers leader. Learn to make
better choices and eat wholesome
foods. Everyone is welcome!!
Meetings will take place on
Thursdays at 4:15 p.m. Cost is $12.00
per week for 10 weeks with $120
payable in full, in advance. Payments
can be made using cash, check (made
out to Weight Watchers), money order
or credit card. Visa, MasterCard,
Discover, and American Express
accepted. Minimum of 15 paid
members is required for the classes to
begin.
Boston Symphony
Orchestra
Haverhill COA has tickets to the
Boston Symphony Orchestra AllMozart Program open rehearsal on
Thursday, April 6, at 10:30 a.m. Bus
will leave Westgate at 9:00 a.m. Lunch
will be dutch treat after the
performance. Tickets are $30 per
Monthly Discussion Group
Council on Aging is seeking
members to form a monthly discussion
group to be held at the Citizen Center.
Day and time will be determined
according to the needs of the group.
Topics for lively conversa-tions could
include current events, politics,
international events, local events, etc.
Customer Service
Training Will Benefit
City Employees
Haverhill Mayor James J. Fiorentini
announces that all City Employees will
receive customer service training. The
Merrimack Valley Federal Credit Union has
volunteered to provide the training. Tracey
Mermet, Human Resource Training Officer
and Raichelle L. Kallery, Assistant Vice
President of Marketing will conduct this
program.
Mayor Fiorentini stated, “Customer
service has been one of my administration’s
top priorities. Since I took office back in
2004 I implemented a customer feed back
form for every department. Although this
was an effective tool in customer service,
we thought a more thorough training would
give our employees the tools for exceptional
service. I am truly grateful to the Merrimack
Valley Federal Credit Union for their
willingness to provide our employees with
this training.”
Mayor Orders Hiring,
Spending Freeze,
Orders Department
Heads to Present Level
Funded Budget
Faced once again with an upcoming
budget deficit, Mayor James J. Fiorentini
ordered an immediate hiring and spending
freeze. He also ordered all department heads
to prepare a level funded budget for the
upcoming year.
The Mayor said that his preliminary
budget numbers showed a deficit of $3.6
million for the upcoming year. During this
year, rising energy, fuel and snow removal
costs threaten to create a deficit during the
present year.
Under the order issued by the Mayor
this morning, all spending of $1,000 or more
be must be personally approved by the
Mayor. No positions can be filled without
the permission of the Mayor. This is the
third year in a row that the Mayor has
ordered a hiring and spending freeze. The
Mayor also ordered all department heads
to prepare a level funded budget for the
upcoming year and to prepare an impact
statement showing the effects of level
funding.
“Our budget numbers are preliminary
and most certainly will change. However,
the preliminary numbers, even with the
projected increases in State aid, show a
deficit of over three million for the upcoming
year. We project a $2 million increase in
health care costs, and rising energy and
trash collection costs,” said the mayor.
He will present an action plan to the
city council to meet this gap once they have
more detailed numbers. In the meantime, I
have ordered that all departments present a
level funded budget for next year. “I have
also ordered a freeze on all nonessential
purchases and a freeze on all new hires. I
informed department heads that unless it
was something critical, such as salt for the
roadways, please do not even submit the
request. The public expects us to live within
our means, and we are going to make every
effort to do so,” added Mayor Fiorentini.
ANA Synchers Continue to
Dominate in East Zone
Competition
The ANA Synchers took gold in four
out of five categories of competition at this
weekend’s East Zone Junior Synchronized
Swimming Championships in Tonawanda,
New York. The ANA Synchers, the
synchronized swimming team based at the
Andover/North Andover branch of the
Merrimack Valley YMCA, continue to
dominate in the region and dazzle the field
with the beauty and sophistication of their
routines. Representing the largest team at
the event, the Synchers fielded three, as
well as five entries in each of the duet and
trio categories, and two solo competitors.
Of 27 teams competing, the ANA
Syncher’s teams finished in first, tenth and
fifteenth positions. The top ten teams earn
a position in the final round. Snagging the
gold for the team event by a precedentsetting four point margin were Stephanie
Garcia-Restrepo, 16, of Billerica, Rita Gillan,
17, Ashley Cohen, 16, Beth O’Connor, 15,
and Kelly Mahoney, 16, all of Andover,
Meaghan Arsenault, 14, and Maggie
Conlon, 15, of Methuen, and Charlotte
Gorski, 16, of Manchester, NH. Faryn Shiro,
16, of Andover was the alternate for the team
event. They swam to a musical excerpt from
The Prince of Egypt, and their routine
included dramatic imagery, earning
exceptional scores for both technical merit
and artistry. Garcia-Restrepo and Gillan
claimed three Zone Championship titles at
this meet, making them the most decorated
swimmers in the team’s history. In addition
to their first place team event finish, they
also took gold in the duet event, and were
joined by teammate Ashley Cohen to take
first place for their trio. Both routines were
set to the Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s
interpretation of Beethoven’s Ninth
Symphony. As a result of their successful
performances, Garcia-Restrepo, Gillan and
Cohen earned qualifying scores to compete
in the prestigious Junior National
Championships in Minneapolis in April.
They will be competing in solo, duet and
trio events.
Top ten finishes were also achieved by
duet pair, Beth O’Connor and Meaghan
Arsenault, and by trio Charlotte Gorski,
Faryn Shiro and Kelly Mahoney.
The tenth place junior team led off the
team finals with their routine, set to the
Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s interpretation of
The Nutcracker Suite, entitled “The Mad
Russian”. Team members include Claire
Rudder, 14, of Sudbury, Jessica Mancini,
14, Erica Potts, 15, Molly Trerotola, 14,
Rachel Veznaian, 17, Sheila Cremin, 14, and
Emily Stone, 15, all of Andover, and Amber
Blum, 14, of North Andover. Rebecca Ely,
15, and Emily Ingram, 14, of North Andover
were alternates.
The third ANA Synchers team entered,
the newest to this level of competition, faired
well in their debut by placing 15th out of 27
teams. This team includes Alice Wu, 15,
Laura Hanson, 13, Colleen Maher, 13,
Elizabeth Maldari, 13, all of Andover,
Elizabeth Kwok, 16, Shefali (Minnie) Lohia,
13, Hannah Straus, 12, of North Andover,
and Taylor Clarke, 13, of Lowell.
Those interested in learning more about
synchronized swimming and experiencing
these exciting routines first hand can attend
Courses
for Latin
Americans
to be held
in
Manchester
beginning
in March,
2006
Rita Gillan (left) and Stephanie Garcia-Restrepo, each earned three gold medals for
their team and secured berths at April’s Junior National Championships in
Minneapolis.
The ANA Synchers
Junior Team: Back
row, from left: Emily
Stone, Claire Rudder,
Amber Blum, Rebecca
Ely. Middle row:
Emily Ingram, Sheila
Cremin, Rachel
Veznaian. Front row:
Jessica Mancini, Molly
Trerotola, Erica Potts.
The Institute on Gero-technology,
a not for profit educational institute,
announces that its Computadoras para
Klutzes®, Básicos, Correo-e, e Internet
will be taught at Centro Latinoamericano
in Manchester. Classes will run from
5:30 PM to 7:30 PM on Mondays and
Fridays beginning 13 March, 2006
ending 29 March, 2006. The tuition is
$15.00.
The six lesson course takes the
older beginner from fear to confidence
so he/she can get the most out of
today’s information machines. This
computer literacy course was developed
by Dr. Charlie Richmond, now of
Peterborough and is being taught in
Spanish by Susanna S. Mendonca. It
has helped more than 2,500 older adults
enter the Information Age. Today’s
jargon is explained in a glossary. The
textbook uses words and constructions
that the older students can understand.
The first lessons teach how to give
commands to the computer so it will
perform word processing tasks. The
remaining lessons teach the use of
email, browsing the web, and searching
for specific information. All students
learn how to control the computer
without needing to use the mouse that
younger people find “people friendly”
because they have good eye/hand
coordination skills. Many older adults
find mouse operations daunting.
Anyone wishing to register for
these classes should call Susana
Stiffano at Centro Latinoamericano in
Manchester. Her telephone number is:
(603) 669-5661. Each student receives
a textbook and each student has a
computer to use during class. Hands
on experience in class and at home or
at a library are vital for success.
ST. PATRICK’S
PARADE
MARCH 12, 2006
the ANA Synchers Annual Showcase, held
at the Andover/North Andover branch of
the Merrimack Valley YMCA on April 29th30th. Watch for more details.
The ANA Synchers Senior
Team: back row, from
left: Faryn Shiro.
Meaghan Arsenault,
Stephanie GarciaRestrepo. Middle row:
Rita Gillan, Maggie
Conlon, Kelly Mahoney,
Beth O’Connor. Front
row: Ashley Cohen,
Charlotte Gorski.
The St. Patrick’s Parade
Committee would like to invite you
to participate in this year’s great
tradition.
The parade is scheduled for
Sunday, March 12th at 1:00 p.m.
and will begin at Salem and South
Union Street, in South Lawrence.
If you have any questions
about getting your group involved
or wish to make a contribution,
please call Marie Gosselin at (978)
683-4792.
Interested in
buying an
affordable
home?
What’s New at NECC
Collecting All Things Irish
Bread & Roses Housing is currently
accepting applications for two 3bedroom units (duplex style) being
built at 12 - 14 Hampton St.
Lawrence. Each 3-bedroom home
will be sold for $75,000 to low
income first-time homebuyers. The
homes must remain owner-occupied
and affordable through all future
sales and resales. Applications are
only available by attending a Bread &
Roses Housing seminar on Thursday,
March 9 at 6:00 PM or Sunday,
March 26 at 1:30 PM at the
Lawrence Public Library.
Presidential Gardens
Apartments
140 Evergreen Drive
Bradford, MA 01835
announces the opening of the
three-bedroom waitlist for all
income categories effective
February 21, 2006!
Presidential Gardens Apartments is
seeking applicants for low-income
rental-housing program. We are
currently accepting applications for
our three bedroom waitlist.
Rent for 2006 equals 30% of
adjusted household income, not to
exceed $1161.
Applications can be obtained in
person from the management
office at 140 Evergreen Drive,
Bradford on Wednesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays from 11 AM
until 2 PM, or by calling 978-3732543, and may be returned in
person or mailed to the above
address. Reasonable
accommodations made.
No applications for the threebedroom waitlist will be accepted
prior to 11 AM on Tuesday.
February 21. 2006.
For consideration all applications
must be completely filled out and
signed by all household members
aged 18 or over.
Eligible applications will be placed
on the appropriate income-based
waitlist. Selection of an application
from the waitlist for processing is
based on income category, then
date and time of application.
We will reject ail incomplete
applications and applications that
do not meet the above income
criteria.
Translation assistance in
completing applications is
available. Presidential! Gardens is
an equal housing opportunity
property, It is managed and
marketed by Maloney Properties,
27 Mica Lane, Wellesley, MA
02481, Phone 781-943-0200.
Dr. Robert O’Neill, director of the John
Burns Library of Rare Books and Special
Collections at Boston College, will share
fascinating stories from his experiences
collecting all things of importance
documenting the history, life and culture of
the Irish people on Sunday, Mar. 5 at 2 p.m.
during a presentation at Northern Essex
Community College’s Amesbury Street
Campus in Lawrence. Free and open to the
public, this presentation is part of the White
Fund Enlightenment Series presented by
Northern Essex Community College and is
titled From Medieval Gravestones to Yeats:
Not So Ordinary Stories on Collecting Irish
Treasures.
The program will feature Yeats family
stories as told to Dr. O’Neill by the poet’s
son; tales of stolen Irish artifacts and FBI
stings; and accounts of how Boston
College came to acquire the papers of
Thomas Clarke, the first signer of the
Proclamation of 1916.
Robert Keating O’Neill is director of the
John J. Burns Library and part-time faculty
of political science at Boston College. He
has been Burns Librarian since 1987. He
holds both a Ph.D in History and a Master’s
of Arts in Library Science from the
University of Chicago. He is widely
published and has served on many boards.
In 2003, he was named to Irish America
Magazine’s Top 100 Irish Americans. Dr.
O’Neill has received many awards and
commendations, including the Eire Society
of Boston’s prestigious Gold Medal.
Librarian
Catalogues Stories
of Collections
Dr. Robert O’Neill, director of the John
Burns Library of Rare Books and Special
Collections at Boston College, will share
fascinating stories from his experiences
collecting all things of importance
documenting the history, life and culture of
the Irish people on Sunday, March 5 at 2
p.m. during a presentation at Northern Essex
Community College’s Amesbury Street
Campus in Lawrence. Free and open to the
public, this presentation is part of the White
Fund Enlightenment Series presented by
Northern Essex Community College and is
titled From Medieval Gravestones to Yeats:
Not So Ordinary Stories on Collecting Irish
Treasures.
The program will feature Yeats family
stories as told to Dr. O’Neill by the poet’s
son; tales of stolen Irish artifacts and FBI
stings; and accounts of how Boston
College came to acquire the papers of
Thomas Clarke, the first signer of the
Proclamation of 1916.
NECB’s production for St.
Patrick’s Day
Just in time for Irish Heritage Month,
the New England Civic Ballet launches an
original ballet based on Irish mystical themes
and set to lilting Celtic music. Written by
artistic director Phyllis George, “The
ENCHANTED GLEN”, features young
performers from the Merrimack Valley and
southern New Hampshire. Ms. George
choreographed this premiere production
with the assistance of Roshni Pecora,
director of New England Civic Ballet’s
school for dance education.
The story line surrounds the classic
tale of 2 young lovers separated by death.
The magical Enchanted Glen, deep in a lush
green Irish forest, is the setting for our story
of lost loves reuniting.
Villagers of the glen celebrate the
coming of spring with a day of dancing and
companionship. During the celebration, two
friends try to help Eilis overcome her
mourning the loss of her love, Faolan.
Despite their efforts, Eilis remains
distraught. As the day ends, the villagers
depart leaving Eilis alone. The Nightwind
ushers in the evening and Eilis dances
briefly as she fondly re-enacts her last time
together with her beloved Faolan.
Overwhelmed, she cries herself to sleep.
Later she awakens to dancing faeries
and a faun who summon the spirit of Faolan
to dance once again with Eilis. Banshees
from the underworld arrive to once again
separate the young lovers, but with the help
of the majestic White Owl, the banshees
are exiled back to the underworld. Faolan is
granted life and reunited with Eilis. A
wedding and day of merriment bring a
happy ending to the story.
Local dancers from Lawrence and Methuen include: Back row: (L-R) Cassandra Boucher, Kimberly
Wentworth, Theresa Taft, and Audra Mele. Front row: Jana Schulz, Bryanne Papadakis, Maria
Karamourtopoulos, and Kelly Scarpone. They will all dance the part of villagers throughout the
ballet, in addition Kimberly and Theresa will also dance the role of Banshees in act II.
Missing from the photo are: Ashley Fichera who dances the role of the Night Wind and Richard
McNeil who is cast in the role of the lost love, Faolan.
Join the cast and crew of the Enchanted
Glen as they weave this magical story with
their dance. Three performances will be held
at the Rogers Center, Merrimack College,
North Andover, MA: Saturday, March 25,
at 2 PM and 7:30 PM; Sunday, March 26, at
2 PM.
Tickets may be ordered online at
www.newenglandcivicballet.org, or by
calling (978) 975-0289. Tickets are $20 for
adults and $18 for senior citizens and
children under 12. Group rates are
available for groups of 15 or more
attending the same show.
If you have any questions
regarding this section or
anything else, please get in
touch with the shelter during
regular work hours:Tuesday
through Saturday from 11 am
to 4pm, Thursdays from 12
noon to 7pm, and Sundays
from 12-3 pm by calling (978)
687-7453.
MSPCA Online
Find our page in the
Internet:
methuen-mspca.org
The animal shelter is located
at 400 de Broadway, Ruta 28
en Methuen.
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PETS LOOKING FOR
ADOPTION
Bandit, Domestic Short Hair-black and white, Age: Adult, Sex: Female
Meet Bandit. This friendly girl enjoys meeting new people here
at the shelter and is always up for a game of play. Her owner
says she especially likes fur covered toy mice. Bandit is used to
living with another cat, a Chihuahua, and a bird. Unfortunately,
her owner moved and her new landlord doesn’t allow pets. Bandit
is also used to having her owner’s grandchildren come for a visit.
As she likes to play a little rough at times, Bandit would probably
do best in a home with older children who can recognize when
she needs a time out from her game. And when game time is over,
Bandit enjoys spending quality lap time with people. If you are looking for a friendly, playful
companion, come and meet Bandit. She may be the perfect girl for you.
Zoe, Domestic Short Hair Mix, Tortoiseshell, Age: 9
years old, Sex: Spayed Female
Although she can be shy when you first meet, once Zoe warms up to
you she is a real love bug. She got along so well with our photographer
that it was almost impossible to take her picture because she kept
getting too close to the camera! Zoe needs a quiet home with no small
children and no other pets. The other cat in her home picked on her, and
now Zoe is nervous around other animals. Don’t let that turn you off though. With all the love
and affection she has to offer, Zoe is the only cat you’ll need. Come and meet this very cute and
very special girl today.
Mr. Hollywood, Domestic Short Hair-black, Age:
8 years old, Sex: Neutered Male
Introducing Mr. Hollywood!!!! He came to the shelter because the
other cats in the home were tormenting him. When he came to the
shelter and became ill and developed an infection in his eye. After
weeks of antibiotics and other medical trials the decision had to be
made to have his eye removed. You’d think that this would have
made him depressed or withdrawn...but not Mr. Hollywood! He is
quite the ham and loves to get attention from people....and he
deserves all the attention in the world. It’s been a tough year for this trooper but he has come out
on top and has become a staff favorite. He loves to lay on your lap and to be patted. He’d do well
in any home but a quieter one would be the best for this special guy.
Tasha, Pit Bull Terrier Mix, Age: 3 years old, Sex: Spayed Female
Hey everybody! My name is Tasha! Hopefully you’ve been able to
look at my pictures and see my adorable, smiling face. I am 3 ½ years
old and I am very social and affectionate. Now sometimes people get
nervous about my breed but I am here to tell you that you will be so
surprised when you meet me, I don’t have a mean bone in my body. I
am here at the shelter looking for a new home because my owners were
moving and could not take me with them. I am searching for a new
loving home with older kids or adults only...I may be a bit too strong
for younger children. I would also do best without cats and small dogs
since I can be a bit too much for them as well. Other larger dogs would
be fine as long as our introduction goes well here at the shelter and your dog likes me. I love to
go for nice long walks and I am very playful...I also LOVE to snuggle and sometimes I think I am
a lap dog. If your out there looking for a real sweetie and a dog who not only has a ton of affection
and love to give but also has a nice level of play and energy then I’m your gal!!!
Samantha, Catahoula Leopard Dog, Age: Young, Sex: Spayed Female
Samantha is an active, fun, affectionate dog. She came to us with a
bulging left eye due to untreated glaucoma. After a visit to the vet
it was determined that her eye needed to be removed. This has not
slowed her down one bit. She loves to play and has been around
cats. (They would need to be cats who are used to an active dog)
Samantha has also lived with older children and teens before. She
would do well in some group training classes so she can bond with
a new owner and learn some manners. She would love to live with
a family who enjoys hiking and other outdoor activities where she
can come along. Samantha is a wonderful dog who will be a great
addition to a new family. She would do best as the only dog since she has so much energy and can
be too much for other dogs and plus she LOVES to get all the attention.
Clifford, Hotot Mix, Age: Adult, Sex: Neutered Male
Clifford came to the shelter as a stray bunny so unfortunately there is
not much information about him. He’s easy to handle - even for nail
trims- and can be very affectionate. Clifford would prefer to an only
bunny but other than that he would be perfect for almost any home. Be
sure to come by the shelter to say hello!
Do you work at a hair salon, barber
shop, casino, golf course, hotel or restaurant
or drive a taxicab? The tip income you
receive as an employee from those services
is taxable income.
Here as some tips about tips:
TIPS ARE TAXABLE
Tips are subject to federal income, social
security and Medicare taxes, and may be
subject to state income tax as well. The
value of non–cash tips, such as tickets,
passes or other items of value, is also income
and subject to federal income tax.
INCLUDE TIPS ON YOUR TAX RETURN
You must include in gross income all cash
tips you receive directly from customers,
tips added to credit cards, and your share
of any tips you receive under a tip–splitting
arrangement with fellow employees.
REPORT TIPS TO YOUR EMPLOYER
If you receive $20 or more in tips in any one
month, you should report all your tips to
your employer. Your employer is required
to withhold federal income, Social Security
and Medicare taxes.
KEEP A RUNNING DAILY LOG OF YOUR
TIP INCOME
You can use IRS Publication 1244,
Employee’s Daily Record of Tips and Report
to Employer, to record your tip income. For
a free copy of Publication 1244, call the IRS
toll free at 1-800-TAX-FORM (1-800-8293676).
For more information, check out IRS
Publication 531, Reporting Tip Income, or
Publication 3148, Tips on Tips. They are
available by calling 1-800-TAX-FORM (1800-829-3676) or by going to the IRS Web
site at IRS.gov.
Are you eligible for
the EITC?
If in 2005 you earned…
$11,750 ($13,750 if married filing jointly)
without a qualifying child: Maximum Credit
- $399
$31,030 ($33,030 if married filing jointly)
with one qualifying child: Maximum Credit $2,662
AMERICAN
CANCER SOCIETY’S
DAFFODIL DAYS
Celebrate the arrival of spring by
volunteering for the American Cancer
Society’s Daffodil Days. Lend a hand
to sell, pack, sort or deliver flowers
during the week of March 20 for as
much time as you can give. With
your help during Daffodil Days, the
American Cancer Society can raise
the vital funds for research,
education, advocacy and patient
services programs, while bringing
hope and help to cancer patients in
your community. Please call the
American Cancer Society at
1.800.ACS.2345 to be connected to
a staff person in your local office.
$35,263 ($37, 263 if married filing jointly)
with more than one qualifying child:
Maximum Credit - $4,400
You may qualify for the Earned Income
Tax Credit. For more information go to
www.irs.gov/eitc
E-File your return…it’s safe, fast and
accurate
Places where you may have your tax
return prepared free of charge:
AMERICAN TRAINING
102 Glenn St., Lawrence, MA
Site Coordinator: Noelia Batista
Tel. (978) 685-2151
HOPE
10 Pemberton Way, Lawrence, MA
Site Coordinator: Vivian Pazmino
Tel. (978) 975-2636 Ext. 101
MERCIER CENTER
21 Salem Street, Lowell, MA
Site Coordinator: Roberta Evans-Haas
Tel. (978) 322-5403
COMMUNITY TEAMWORK, INC.
169 Merrimack St. 3rd floor, Lowell, MA
Site Coordinator: Rob Buckell
Tel. (978) 970-4120
LOWELL SENIOR CENTER/LIBRARY
SITE
276 Broadway St. Lowell, MA
Site Coordinator: Lynn Brown Zounes
Tel. (978) 970-4131
Missing your form
W-2?
You should have received a Form W-2,
Wage and Tax Statement, from each of your
employers for use in preparing your federal
tax return. Employers must furnish this
record of 2005 earnings and withheld taxes
no later than January 31, 2006 (if mailed,
allow a few days for delivery). If you did
not receive is, contact your employer, as it
may have been returned because of an
incorrect address. After contacting your
employer, allow a reasonable amount of time
for your employer to resend or issue the W2. If you misplaced your W-2, your employer
can replace the lost form with a “reissued
statement.” Be aware that your employer is
allowed to charge you a fee.
If you still have not received your W-2,
contact the IRS for assistance at 1-800-8291040 with the following information:
·
The employer’s name and address, the
employer’s identification number (if known),
and telephone number,
·
Your name and address, Social Security
number, and telephone number; and
·
An estimate of the wages you earned,
the federal income tax withheld, and the
dates you began and ended employment.
You still must file your tax return on
time even if you do not receive your Form
W-2. If you cannot get a W-2 by the taxfiling deadline, you may use Form 4852,
Substitute for Form W-2, Wage and Tax
Statement, but it will delay any refund due
while the information is verified.
If you receive a corrected W-2 after
your return is filed and the information it
contains does not match the income or
withheld tax reported on your return, you
must file an amended return on Form 1040X.
Forms 4852 and 1040X and their
instructions are available on the IRS Web
site, IRS.gov or by calling 1-800-TAXFORM (1-800-829-3676).
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Rumbo is published four times a month. Our Regional Edition is printed on the 1st and 15th of every month. This edition
reaches Lawrence, Methuen, Haverhill, Andover, North Andover, and Lowell in Massachusetts. It is also distributed in
Manchester, Nashua, and Salem in New Hampshire. Publications printed on the 8th and the 22nd of each month are
only distributed in Lawrence and Methuen.
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IRISH HERITAGE MONTH
THROUGHOUT THE MONTH OF MARCH
Irish Heritage Month is sponsored by the Ancient Order of Hibernians, Division 8
& LAOH and the Irish Foundation
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1
Irish Flag Raising at the North
Lawrence Common across from
Lawrence City Hall, Common Street,
Lawrence, MA at 11 AM
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1 TO FRIDAY,
MARCH 31
Irish Literature Exhibit at Heritage
State Park Visitor’s Center, 1 Jackson
St. Lawrence, MA - Open Daily 9:00 –
4:00. Free Admission – Handicap
Accessible – Sponsored by Division 8
AOH & the Irish Foundation
THURSDAY, MARCH 2
Irish Art Exhibit (entire month) Lorica
Artworks, 90 Main St. Andover
FRIDAY, MARCH 3
Irish Children’s Story Telling by
Maryann Bulger of the Irish Consulate
in Boston & Mayor Michael J. Sullivan Reading Irish Children’s Stories, South
Lawrence Branch Library, 135 Parker
Street, Lawrence, MA at 11:30 AM –
Refreshments
FRIDAY, MARCH 3
Irish Authors Weekend featuring
Kevin O’Hara author of Last of the
Donkey Pilgrims (A tour of Ireland on
a Donkey) at Heritage State Park, 1
Jackson St. Lawrence, MA – Sponsored
by the Irish Foundation
SATURDAY, MARCH 4
Irish Breakfast at Claddagh Pub &
Restaurant, 399 Canal St, Lawrence,
MA from 8 AM – 11 AM - Sponsored by
Division 8 AOH and LAOH - Hosted by
Mayor Michael J. Sullivan
SATURDAY, MARCH 4
Irish Authors Weekend featuring
David Quinn author of An Irish
Rebel on the Frontier at the
Claddagh Pub & Restaurant, 399 Canal
St, Lawrence, MA at 12 Noon
(References will be made about
Captain Timothy Dacey & Mayor John J.
Breen) – Sponsored by the Irish
Foundation
SUNDAY MARCH 5 | 11:00 AM
14th Annual Irish Classic 4 Mile Road
Race and Walk, to benefit cancer
research. Sponsored by the Claddagh
Pub and Restaurant. For information
978-688-8337
SUNDAY, MARCH 5
White Fund Lecture featuring
Author Dr. Robert O’Neill of Boston
College at Northern Essex Community
College White Building, Amesbury St,
Lawrence, MA, at 2 PM
SATURDAY, MARCH 11
Lecture by Dr William J. Matthews,
Professor at U Mass Amherst – Dr.
Matthews will discuss his forthcoming
book on the Easter Uprising of 1916 –
at the Claddagh Pub and Restaurant,
399 Canal Street, Lawrence, MA at
1:30 PM – Sponsored by the Irish
Foundation
FRIDAY, MARCH 10
Irish Story Telling at the South
Lawrence Branch Library, 135 Parker
St, Lawrence, MA at 10:30 AM
SATURDAY, MARCH 11
135th Saint Patrick’s Day Dinner
Dance – Music by Andy Healy Band
Sponsored by the Rev. James T.
O’Reilly OSA Division 8 AOH
SUNDAY, MARCH 12
Lawrence’s Saint Patrick’s Day
Parade
For more information contact Marie
Gosselin at 978 683- 4792
THURSDAY, MARCH 16
37th Annual Corned Beef and
Cabbage Luncheon - Music by the
Silver Spears Irish Show Band Sponsored by Division 8 AOH
THURSDAY, MARCH 16
Cherish the Ladies @ 7 PM at the
Roger’s Center, Merrimack College,
North Andover, MA - For more
information please call 978 – 837 –
5117
WEBSITE:WWW.RUMBONEWS.COM | EMAIL: [email protected]
CELEBRATING
IRISH HERITAGE
MONTH
Irish Vice-Counsel Mary Ann
Bolger of the Irish Consulate in
Boston and Mayor Michael J.
Sullivan will open Irish Heritage
Month in the city of Lawrence with
a special storytelling at the South
Lawrence Branch Library on Friday,
March 3rd at 11:30 a.m. Ms.
Bolger will be present for the first
of two Irish storytellings at the
Branch library located at 135
Parker Street in Lawrence, MA the
program is open to children and
adults. Light refreshments will be
served.
The program is sponsored by
the Ancient Order of the Hibernians
Division 8, the Irish Foundation of
Lawrence, and the Friends of the
Lawrence Public Library. The
South Lawrence Branch Library
houses an extensive special
collection of Irish books and other
media established by
the Ancient Order of the Hibernians
Division 8. The collection is
available for use by the public.
For further information please
call the South Branch, 978-7945789
FRIDAY MARCH 17
Irish Music, Bands and Singers, all day,
at Claddagh Pub and Restaurant, 399
Canal Street, Lawrence. 978-688-8337
FRIDAY, MARCH 17 & SATURDAY,
MARCH 18
Irish Film Festival at Lawrence
Heritage State Park, 1 Jackson Street,
Lawrence, MA at 11 AM – Sponsored
by Division 8 AOH. For further
information please call 978 – 794 –
1655
SATURDAY, MARCH 25
2:00pm and 7:30pm, and
Sunday March 26 at 2:00 pm
The New England Civic Ballet presents
“The Enchanted Glen”
At the Rogers Center, Merrimack
College, North Andover, MA.
For information and reservations call
978-975-0289
The Lawrence Cultural Alliance
publishes the Events Calendar on a
quarterly basis. For a complete listing
of their calendar of events, please visit
their website:
lawrenceculturalalliance.com
GALLERY 181
181 Canal Street, Lawrence
Exhibiting intriguing Art monthly
For more Information: (978) 741-7979
——
SATURDAY, MARCH 4 | 7:30 PM
“MOSTLY MOZART”
Rogers Center for the Arts
Merrimack College, No. Andover
Presented by New England Classical
Singers
For more info: 978-474-6090
——
SUNDAY, MARCH 5 | 2PM
Lecture with Dr. Robert O’Neill
Director of the John Burns Library of
Rare Books and Special Collections
at Boston College
NECC, White Fund Room
78-82 Amesbury Street, Lawrence
Free and open to the public.
Presented by: Northern Essex
Community College And the White
Fund.
For more info: 978 556-3700.
——
SUNDAY, MARCH 5 | 2:30 PM
Giovanni Bottesini: Concerto no. 2 for
Contrabass
Presented by: Merrimack Valley
Philharmonic Orchestra
——
FRIDAY, MARCH 10 | 10:30 AM
“Venus and Adonis” a baroque opera
Presented by The Treble Chorus
Of New England. For more info:
978-837-5461
——
MARCH FILM SERIES
Roger Center for the Arts
Free and open to the public
Pre-screening discussion: 6:30 PM
Screening: 7:00 PM
TUESDAY, MARCH 14
International Film Series:
“The Closet” – France
——
THURSDAY, MARCH 16 – 7:30 PM
CHERISH THE LADIES
Roger Center for the Arts
One of the most engaging ensembles
In the history of Irish Music.
——
MARCH 17 &18, 7:00 PM
Rogers & Hammerstein’s OKLAHOMA!
Friday and Saturday
The Dupre Sports and Arts Center
Presentation of Mary Academy
Admission: Adults $8.00 Students/
Seniors $6.00.
For more info: 978-682-9391 x116.
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FIREFIGHTER,
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The Commonwealth of
Massachusetts Human Resources
Division will hold an Entry-Level Civil
Service Examination for Firefighter,
Municipal Service, on June 10, 2006.
Applications must be filed or
postmarked no later than April 24,
2006. Applications and information
about eligibility requirements,
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examination process are available at
the Human Resources Division, One
Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108
or by calling the Examination Hot
Line at (617) 878-9895 or toll-free
at 1-800-392-6178. You may also
apply on line at http://
www.mass.gov/civilservice.
HEALTH &
EDUCATION
SERVICES, INC.
Health & Education Services,
Inc., es una agencia de salud
extensa enfocada en el
comportamiento humano, con
su oficina principal localizada en
Beverly, y con sucursales a través de la
zonas de Greater North Shore y el Lower
Merrimack Valley, que está buscando:
ENFERMERA LICENCIADA PRACTICANTE
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P/T (hasta 20 horas, algunas horas de
guardia). Con experiencia, bilingüe (Inglés/
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gama de habilidades, incluyendo flebotomía,
para proveer cuidado de salud primaria a
personas adultas con enfermedades
mentales severas, en una consulta externa
en Lawrence; Tiene que haberse graduado
de un programa de NP aprobado, con
Certificación de Massachusetts y con
Licencia activa en MA a Nivel Avanzado en
Enfermería. Envíen Resumé a: Quality
Management Division, HES, 162
Federal St., Salem, MA 01970, ó
envíelo por correo electrónico a
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SPRING CAMP para las edades de
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1, 8, 15, entre 12:00pm a 3:00pm.
T-BALL CAMP se llevará a cabo en
abril 24, entre 5:30pm y 6:30pm.
Apertura de temporada (Opening
day) Abril 29, 11:00am (rain date
Abril 30)
La directiva de South Lawrence
East Baseball (Board Memebers)
se complacen en invitarlos al
Opening Day a celebrarse el 29
de abril, 2006. Este año la liga
tiene el honor de llevar a cabo
su temporada en los nuevos
terrenos localizados detrás de
South Lawrence East School.
Esperamos contar con su
presencia en el Opening Day.
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AGAINST AUTISM
Esta es una invitación para que
caminemos juntos el 17 de junio
próximo en la Caminata Anual WALK
NOW! en la lucha contra el autismo
en el Gillette Stadium. Invitemos a
amigos, familiares y compañeros de
trabajo. También puede patrocinar
a alguien que quiera caminar ese día
si a Ud. se le imposibilita estar
presente.
La meta es colectar fondos para
las investigaciones biomédicas que
conllevarán a encontrar una cura
para el autismo. Ya hay progresos,
pero aún falta mucho.
Se recomienda a los caminantes
registrarse y colectar $200 entre
amigos, familiares y compañeros de
trabajo que auspicien su
participación. Ud. recibirá su
camiseta WALK NOW T-shirt.
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registrando su empresa como
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